SPECIAL NOTICE
89 -- Supplement 512 for Fish and Fishery Products
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2026 8:52:12 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 311710
— Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging
- Contracting Office
- USDA AMS 3J14 WASHINGTON DC 20250 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20250
- Solicitation Number
- 12-3J14-Notice-26-004
- Response Due
- 12/31/2026 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 01/15/2027
- Description
- 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).
- Web Link
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SAM.gov Permalink
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- Record
- SN07678166-F 20260108/260106230031 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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