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labels, markings, U.S. Grade Certificates, certificates of analyses, or other such valid documents
acceptable to the inspection agency. If necessary, each ingredient shall be examined
organoleptically or inspected according to generally recognized test methods, such as the
standard methods described in the Official Methods of Analysis of the Association of Official
Analytical Chemists and in the Official and Tentative Methods of the American Oil Chemists'
Society, to determine conformance to the requirements. Any nonconformance to an identity,
condition, or other requirement shall be cause for rejection of the ingredient or component lot or
of any involved product.
4.1.2 In-process examination. In-process examination shall be performed to determine
conformance to the preparation, processing, can interior coating, filling, sealing, and packaging
requirements. Any nonconformance revealed by actual examination or by review of records of
time, temperature, and formulation or of other valid documents shall be cause for rejection of the
involved product.
4.1.3 Filled can inspection. The inspection lot shall consist of all products packaged in one
production day. The USDA reserves the right to separate the inspection lot into smaller
inspection lots.
4.1.3.1 Net weight inspection. Randomly select 30 filled and sealed cans from the inspection lot
and separately weigh the containers. Subtract the average tare weight (determined by randomly
selecting and weighing 30 of the empty cans and lids used in preparing the product and dividing
the total weight by 30) from the weight of each can in the sample. The results shall be reported
to the nearest 1.5 g (.05 oz.). If the average net weight is less than 567 g (20 ozs.) or if the net
weight of any individual can is less than 560 g (19.75 ozs.), the lot shall be rejected.
4.1.3.2 Product inspection. The sample size shall be as indicated by the double sampling plan
specified by table I. The cans shall be selected at random from the lot. The cans shall be opened
and inspected for defects listed in table II.
TABLE I. Double sampling plan for product inspection 1/
Lot size
Sample size
Cumulative
Acceptance
Rejection
(cans)
(No.of cans)
sample
number
number
0 to 3200
8
--
0
2
8
16
1
2
3201 to 35000
13
--
0
3
13
26
3
4
1/ a. If no defects are found in the first sample, the lot shall be accepted.
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