Supplement 509 Alaska Pollock

The Agricultural Marketing Service has issued Final Supplement 509 for Alaska Pollock, with a posting date of May 27, 2026, and a response deadline of January 1, 2027. This supplement outlines several minor but important updates to contract requirements aimed at ensuring product quality and compliance. Key changes include the contractor's responsibility to provide documentation confirming raw material blocks meet specific Fish Flesh criteria; recording truck seal numbers on the Bill of Lading as per the Master Invitation; and capturing product temperature at loading on checkloading shipping documentation. Additionally, terminology throughout the documents has been updated, replacing "supplier" with "contractor" and substituting phrases like "immediate & shipping container" with "primary package and shipping case." The supplement also mandates rigorous metal detection validation involving all three metals in each testing interval and requires contractors to submit written proof of an approved USDC Product Management Plan that confirms finished products meet grade standards. The document's nomenclature has been revised from "Master Solicitation" to "Master Invitation for Bids – Domestic Commodity Procurement (MIFB-D)," and the "Delivery" date on the Certificate of Conformance has been changed to "Shipping" date. The contract is managed by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service office located in Washington, D.C., and is categorized under NAICS code 311710, relating to food manufacturing.