A-A-20212 Fruit BarsThis Commercial Item Description (CID) covers fruit bars, packed in commercially acceptable containers including flexible pouches, suitable for use by the Federal Government and as a component of operational rations.

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3.5 Analytical requirements: Unless otherwise specified, analytical requirements for the Type III fruit bars shall be as follows:

3.5.1 Analytical procedure: Eight filled and sealed flexible pouches shall be selected at random.

3.5.2 Preparation of sample: The sample shall be prepared according to the current Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International, Method 983.18(a).

3.5.3 Analytical testing: Analysis shall be made in accordance with the following Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC International method:

1/ Conduct test 70^oC.

3.5.4 Test results: The test result shall be reported to the nearest 0.1 percent. Any result not conforming to the finished product requirements, as indicated by USDA test results, shall be cause for rejection the lot.

4. REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

4.1 The delivered fruit bars shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local mandatory requirements and regulations relating to the preparation, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution, and sale of fruit bars within the commercial marketplace. Delivered fruit shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

5. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS.

5.1 Contractor’s certification. The contractor shall certify and maintain substantiating evidence that the fruit bars offered meet the salient characteristics of this CID, and that the fruit bars conform to the producer’s own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and are the same fruit bars offered for sale in the commercial marketplace. The Government reserves the right to require proofs of such conformance prior to first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract.

5.2 Quality assurance. When required in the solicitation, contract or purchase order that product quality or acceptability or both be determined, the Processed Products Branch (PPB), Fruit and Vegetable Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, shall be the certifying activity and shall make the determination in accordance with applicable PPB procedures. The fruit bars shall be examined or analyzed or both in accordance with applicable provisions in this CID, solicitation, contract, or purchase order, and, when applicable, the United States Standards for Condition of Food Containers in effect on the date of solicitation.