Draft USDA Commodity Requirements Document (CRD) for Processed Cereals
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12-3J14-Notice-24-007
- Agency
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 311230 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing
- PSC
- 8920 Bakery And Cereal Products
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Agricultural Marketing Service published a Draft USDA Commodity Requirements Document for Processed Cereals on November 15, 2023. The Special Notice seeks comments on updates to the commodity requirements for iron standard, kosher language, oat thickness, rolled oats CID links, vendor responsibility to maintain COA, unitization removal, MSCP-D reference, and materials section.
The draft CRD outlines requirements for quick cooking rolled oats in 18 or 42 ounce packages, enriched wheat farina in 18 ounce packages, and bulk bulgur wheat. Contractors must meet ingredient, packaging, and food safety standards defined in referenced CIDs and documents. Eligible contractors should demonstrate proposed commercial products have proven distribution and consumer use. Packaging must comply with FDA regulations and not include foreign origin labeling. Comments on the draft CRD are due to Jane Sayner at jane.sayner@usda.gov by November 22, 2023.
Notice text
The Agricultural Marketing Service has posted a draft Processed Cereals CRD November 2023. Primary updates include: iron standard that aligns with FDA CFR enrichment requirements, kosher language with BJENY resource link, commercial oat thickness standards, links to recently updated Cereals Rolled Oats CID, language about vendor's responsibility to maintain COA, removal of unitization section with addition of MSCP-D reference for specification consistency, and addition of materials section. Comments on the draft CRD may be submitted to Jane Sayner at jane.sayner@usda.gov by November 22, 2023.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Draft- Processed Cereals Specification November 2023.pdf |
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