Supplement 512 for Fish and Fishery Products
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Supplement 512 to the AMS Master Solicitation for Fish and Fishery Products, effective January 2026, outlines the requirements for contractors supplying fishery products to the USDA for Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs. Key updates include reducing raw material requirements for shrimp from 18 to 12 months to meet USDC/NOAA Grade A standards and requiring contractors to list product temperatures on checkloading certificates. Additionally, vendors must provide written proof of USDC/NOAA approval for their Product Management Plans, record truck seal numbers on bills of lading, and maintain Letters of Conformance for raw material shrimp. Specific labeling updates were also implemented for Walleye products and shipping case closures for Atlantic Fish Fillet and Walleye. Eligibility for award is determined through a series of pass/fail gates, including a technical proposal review and a pre-award onsite capability assessment audit by the QAD. These audits evaluate facility processes, quality control programs, and the adequacy of the contractor's food defense plan; failure in any of these areas renders a contractor ineligible to bid. All processors must be USDC/NOAA SIP Approved Establishments and comply with FDA and NOAA regulations. Technical proposals must be submitted in a non-PDF format, such as Microsoft Word, and follow the general format specified in Exhibit B. Contractors are responsible for all costs associated with audits and certification services. Deliveries must be made to AMS assigned destinations under tamper-proof, serially numbered seals. Packaging must adhere to strict standards, including the use of shrink wrap on new or well-maintained pallets and specific labeling requirements that comply with the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act and the FASTER Act. Shipping cases must prominently feature a USDA Shield at least 2 inches high and the USDC/NOAA SIP Grade A Shield.
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The Agricultural Marketing Service has posted a Final Supplement 512 for Fish and Fishery Products, January 2026. Primary updates include: adjusting the raw material requirements for shrimp from 18 months to 12 months. This update was required by USDC/NOAA to meet their Grade A requirements for the finished product; contractor Checkloading certificate now requires the industry to list product temperatures at the time of loading; Sect. 221.5 shipping case closure requirement added to the Atlantic Fish Fillet and Walleye FPPS; under the "Product Assurance" section in all four FPPSs, a statement informing vendors they need to provide written proof from USDC/NOAA that they have approved the "Product Management Plan" to support that the finished product meets the criteria to bear the corresponding grade mark; under the delivered product section in all four FPPS's, a statement informing vendors that truck seal numbers must also be recorded on the BOL, per the Master Solicitation; Wild Shrimp and Pacific Seafood FPPS's included a new statement informing vendors that they need to maintain a "Letter of Conformance" from raw material shrimp suppliers that the product was pre-processed by an approved USDC/NOAA establishment, additive free, stored at 0 degrees or below for no more than 12 months, and meets the domestic origin as stated in the MS; Walleye FPPS needed to include labeling requirements for commercial labeling with colors (Sect. 222.2.9).
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