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THE GOVERNMENT ASSIGNED UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE (UPC) MUST BE PLACED ON

ALL SHIPPING CARTONS ON WHICH THE NSN APPEARS".

Marking shall be in accordance with MIL‐STD‐129 and change notice 3.

Fourteen (014) slacks shall be packed in a fiberboard shipping container conforming to ASTM‐D‐5118, Type CF, Style RSC, Grade 275, Variety SW, Class domestic, with a double wall liner. Any commercial closure method cited in ASTM‐D‐1974 is acceptable except stapling.

Palletization is required.

Requirements for Treatment of Wood Packaging Material (WPM)

Assets packed in or on wood pallets, skids, load boards, pallet collars, wood boxes, reels, dunnage, crates, frames, and cleats must comply with the Heat Treatment (HT) or Heat Treatment/Kiln

Dried(HT/KD) (continuous at 56 degrees Centigrade for 30 minutes) standard in DOD Manual 4140.65‐

M"Compliance for Defense Packaging: Phytosanitary Requirements for Wood Packaging

Material(WPM)". WPM must be stamped or branded with the appropriate certification markings as detailed in DOD 4140.65‐M and be certified by an accredited American Lumber Standards Committee

(ALSC)‐recognized agency. The WPM certification markings must be easily visible, especially in pallet loads, to inspectors.

Palletization shall be in accordance with MD00100452, REVISION C, DATED 09/2016 found at https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/Packaging/. Among the required pallet’s characteristics are winged slides and four way entrance. Complete specification of the acceptable pallets can be found in Part 9 of ANSI MH1.

PALLET SHALL BE 4 WAY ENTRY, WINGED TYPE. PALLETIZED LOAD DIMENSIONS SHALL NOT EXCEED 43

INCHES IN LENGTH, 52 INCHES IN WIDTH, AND 54 INCHES IN HEIGHT (INCLUDING THE PALLET).

THE PALLETIZED LOAD SHALL BE BONDED USING APPROVED COMMERCIAL BONDING MATERIALS. THE

USE OF METAL BANDING, IN SECURING BOXES TO PALLETS, IS DISCOURAGED. PALLET LOADS SHALL

CONTAIN THE SAME NUMBER OF CARTONS, OF IDENTICAL QUANTITIES, OF ONE NSN, TO THE

MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE.

PALLET LOADS CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE NSN SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED TO LIST ALL THE NSN'S

CONTAINED IN THE LOAD. NO CARTON SHALL HAVE MORE THAN ONE NSN. AT THE END OF A SIZE RUN, NO MORE THAN ONE CARTON PER NSN MAY BE SHORT OR OVER THE SPECIFIED QUANTITY. SAID

CARTON SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED "SHORT" OR "OVER".

MIL‐STD‐147 IS REFERENCED FOR PALLETIZED LOADS.

IN ADDITION TO REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED ABOVE THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE ALSO APPLIES:

52.247‐9012 ‐ REQUIREMENTS FOR TREATEMENT OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS (WPM) ‐ (JULY

2006)

If vendors/contractors providing Electro‐Static Discharge (ESD) sensitive items encounter a situation in which the packaging requirements in the contract reflect ASTM‐D3951 and do not reflect MIL‐STD 2073‐

1 Military ESD packaging (i.2. Method of Preservation GX, etc.) requirement, then the vendor contractor must contact the contract issuing agency (i.e. DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Aviation, DLA Troop Support) to seek clarification for the proper packaging requirements.

DLA Troop Support‐Subsistence FSG 89 National Stock Numbers establishes special requirements for

Packaging (Preservation Method and Preservative Material). For all Packaging, Packing, Labeling, Unitization, and Marking (PPLUM)‐Use DLA Troop Support Form 3556 for PPLUM https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/TroopSupport/Subsistence/Rations/forms 3556 pdf