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9. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS. Purchaser shall specify 9.1, 9.2, or 9.3.
9.1 Manufacturer's quality assurance and plant survey. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the nonfat dry milk and instant nonfat dry milk manufacturer shall be required to have their facilities inspected by USDA, AMS, DP, DGB, and be eligible for listing
in Section I of the AMS publication "Dairy Plants Surveyed and Approved for USDA Grading Service". (An AMS, DP plant survey verifies that at the time of the survey, the manufacturer produces products in a clean sanitary environment in accordance with Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 110 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food and the requirements contained in 7 CFR Part 58 General Specification for Dairy Plants Approved for USDA Inspection and Grading Service.)
9.2 Manufacturer's/distributor's certification. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, the manufacturer/distributor will certify that the nonfat dry milk and instant nonfat dry milk distributed meets or exceeds the requirements of this CID.
9.3 USDA certification. When required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order that product quality, acceptability or both be determined, the USDA, AMS, DP, DGB, shall be the certifying program. DGB inspectors shall certify the quality and acceptability of the nonfat dry milk and instant nonfat dry milk in accordance with DGB procedures which include: selecting random samples of the packaged nonfat dry milk and instant nonfat dry milk, evaluating the samples for conformance with the salient characteristics of this CID and other contractual requirements, and documenting the findings on official DGB certificates. In addition, when required in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, DGB inspectors will examine the nonfat dry milk and instant nonfat dry milk for conformance to the United States Standards for Condition of Food Containers in effect on the date of the solicitation. To qualify for this option the plant must be listed in "Dairy Plants Surveyed and Approved for USDA Grading Service" (Sec. 9.1).
10. PACKAGING. Preservation, packaging, packing, labeling, and case marking shall be commercial unless otherwise specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order.
11. USDA INSPECTION NOTES. When Section 9.3 is specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order, USDA certification shall include evaluation of the quality and condition of samples of nonfat dry milk and instant nonfat dry milk and compliance with requirements in the following areas:
- Salient characteristics (Sec. 5).
- Analytical requirements when specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order
(Sec. 6). When USDA analytical testing is specified, DGB inspection personnel shall
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