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Fruits

Canned Fruit

Frozen Fruit

Fresh Citrus Fruit

Fresh Fruit

Dried Fruit

  • Commodity Specifications for Dried Fruit, September 2017 (pdf), Amendment 1, December 2017 (pdf)

Vegetables

  • Commodity Specification for Canned Vegetables, January 2020 (pdf), Amendment 1 February 2020 (pdf)
  • Commodity Specifications for Canned Vegetables, May 2017 (pdf), Amendment 1, January 2018 (pdf), March 2019 (pdf)

Frozen Vegetables

  • Commodity Specification for Frozen Vegetables, June 2017 (pdf), Amendment 1, April 2018 (pdf), Amendment 2, May 2018 (pdf), March 2019 (pdf)
  • Commodity Specification for Fresh Vegetables – May 2019, Commodity Specification for Fresh Vegetables, October 2014 (pdf), Amendment 1, June 2018 (pdf)

Dehydrated Potato Products

  • Commodity Specification for Dehydrated Potato Products, May 2019 (pdf), Amendment 1, July 2020 (pdf)

Frozen Potato Products

Miscellaneous Fruit and Vegetables Products
Bulk Products for Further Processing (Miscellaneous Products)

  • Commodity Specification for Bulk Products for Further Processing, August 2012 (pdf); Amendment 1 (pdf); Amendment 2 (pdf); Amendment 3, (pdf), Amendment 4 (pdf)

Juices

Frozen Fruit Juices
  • Commodity Specification for Frozen Fruit Juices, June 2014 (pdf), Amendment 1 September 2015 (pdf), Amendment 2, April 2016 (pdf)

Bottled Fruit Juices

Concentrated Fruit Juice for Manufacturing

Nuts, Beans, Peas & Lentils

Canned Dried Beans
  • Commodity Specifications for Canned Dried Beans, September 2014 (pdf); Amendment 1, April 2016 (pdf)

Dry Edible Beans, Peas, and Lentils

  • Commodity Specification for Dry Edible Beans, Peas and Lentils, June 2014 (pdf), Amendment 1, October 2015 (pdf)

In Shell and Shelled Nuts

  • Commodity Specification for Shelled Tree Nuts – April 2020 (pdf) Amendment 1, August 2020 (pdf)
  • Commodity Specifications for Shelled Nuts, August 2014 (pdf), Amendment 1, October 2018 (pdf)

Beef

Technical Requirements (Specifications) for these commodity products are incorporated into the following Supplements to the AMS Master Solicitation. More information about technical requirements can be found here.

Miscellaneous Beef Products (Frozen Beef Roasts, Diced Beef)

Frozen Ground Beef Products

Fresh Boneless Beef Products

Beef Special Trim

Frozen Cooked Beef and Pork Products

Pork

Technical Requirements (Specifications) for these commodity products are incorporated into the following Supplements to the AMS Master Solicitation. More information about technical requirements can be found here.
Frozen Pork Chops and Loin Roasts
Frozen Pork Picnics and Leg Roast

Ham, Boneless, Fully-Cooked, Water-Added

Frozen Cooked Beef and Pork Products

Fish and Other Seafood Products

Technical Requirements (Specifications) for these commodity products are incorporated into the following Supplements to the AMS Master Solicitation. More information about technical requirements can be found our website.

Frozen Wild Shrimp

Frozen Atlantic GroundfishSalmon Products


Tuna Products (Canned)
Frozen Catfish

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  • Supplement 511 Frozen Catfish Products, April 2016 (pdf); Amendment 1, March 2018 (pdf)
Frozen, Alaska Pollock

Frozen Walleye

Other Red Meat and Poultry Products

Other Red Meat Products

Technical Requirements (Specifications) for these commodity products are incorporated into the following Supplements to the AMS Master Solicitation. More information about technical requirements can be found here.

Frozen Bison and Buffalo Products

  • Supplement 603 – Frozen Bison and Buffalo Products, June 2012 (pdf); Amendment 1, February 2015 (pdf)

Frozen Lamb Products

Chicken

Consumer Pack Chicken
Fresh Bulk Chicken and Parts
Frozen Chicken Parts
Cooked Chicken Products
Shelf Stable Chicken

Turkey

Eggs

Fresh Shell Eggs

Egg Products

Grain and Oilseed Products

  • Bakery Flour Products (BF13) (pdf) effective January 20, 2016
  • Bakery Flour Mix (BFM4) (pdf) effective April 1, 2016
  • Corn Products (CP12) (pdf) effective January 20, 2016
  • Cracker Products (pdf) effective March 2020
  • Fortified R-T-E- Cereal Products (FC11) (pdf) effective February 22, 2019
  • Frozen Pancakes (PAN2) (pdf) effective April 15, 2016
  • Frozen Tortillas (TOR2) (pdf) effective April 15, 2016
  • Macaroni and Cheese (MC10) (pdf) effective January 13, 2016
  • Macaroni and Cheese (MC11) (pdf) effective October 2019
  • Pasta Products and Egg Noodles (PA13) (pdf) effective January 13, 2016
  • Processed Cereals (PC13) (pdf) effective October 11, 2017
  • Processed Cereals (PC14) (pdf) effective September 14, 2018
  • Peanut Products (PP16) (pdf) effective October 2019
  • Rice Products (RP6) (pdf) effective October 2019
  • Vegetable Oil Products (VP10) (pdf) effective September 2019
  • Wheat Flour Products (WF16) (pdf) effective April 19, 2017
  • Wild Rice (WR2) (pdf) effective July 28, 2016
Specifications

Product Specification Template

Dairy

Dairy Products Purchase Specs:

  • Evaporated Milk (EVD4) (pdf) effective Jul 29, 2013
  • Infant Formula (IFD4) (pdf) effective Aug 16, 2013
  • Instant Nonfat Dry Milk (IMD4) (pdf) effective Aug 8, 2013
  • Fluid Milk (DFM1) (pdf) effective August 28, 2018
  • Fluid Milk (DFM2) (pdf) effective November 15, 2018
  • Mozzarella Cheese (DMOZ6) (pdf) effective Sep 13, 2018
  • Mozzarella Cheese (DMOZ7) (pdf) September 2019
  • Natural American Cheese (DNAC5) (pdf) effective Sep 26, 2018
  • Natural American Cheese (DNAC6) (pdf) effective September 2019
  • Natural Pepper Jack Cheese (pdf) effective January 2020
  • Packaged Butter (pdf) effective March 2020
  • Packaged Butter (PBD7) (pdf) effective October 2019
  • Pasteurized Process American Cheese (DPPC4) (pdf) effective Sep 20, 2018
  • Pasteurized Process American Cheese (DPPC5) (pdf) effective September 2019
  • Natural Swiss Cheese (pdf) effective August 2020
  • Ultra-High Temperature Milk (UHD5) (pdf) effective May 07, 2014
  • Yogurt Products (pdf) effective October 2020
  • Yogurt Products (DYO3) (pdf) effective October 2019 - October 2020

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Soups

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Additional Resources

Specifications Writer

  • Commercial Item Descriptions (CIDs) - a set of industry standards for fruits, vegetables and specialty crops.
  • Institutional Meat Specifications (IMPS) - a series of meat product specifications used by Federal, State, and Local Government agencies, schools, restaurants, hotels, and other food service entities to procure products.