[METRIC]
A-A-20213B
August 17, 2004
SUPERSEDING
A-A-20213A
June 18, 1996
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
COFFEE
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has authorized the use of this Commercial Item Description (CID).
1. SCOPE. This CID covers coffee, packed in commercially acceptable containers, suitable for use by Federal, State, local governments, and other interested parties.
2. PURCHASER NOTES.
2.1 Purchasers shall specify the following:
- Type(s), bean(s), growing region(s), blend(s), style(s), roast shade(s), and grind(s) required (Sec. 3).
- When the green and roasted coffee beans and the ground coffee are to be certified by USDA or other third party certification service (Sec. 5).
- Coffee bean blend combination, when Type II, Bean A, Blend 2, Mild Blends g, h, i, j, k, l; Bean A, Blend 3; Bean C, Blend 5; and Type III, Beam A, Blend 2, Mild Blends g, h, i, j, k, l; Beam A, Blend 3; and Bean C, Blend 5 are required (Sec. 3).
- When palatability is to be evaluated by USDA (Sec. 5.4.6).
- When analytical requirements are different than specified (Sec. 6.1).
- When analytical requirements need to be verified (Sec. 6.2).
- Manufacturer’s/distributor’s certification (Sec. 9.2) or USDA certification (Sec. 9.3).
2.2 Purchasers may specify the following:
- Minimum time length for purchase runs (Sec. 5.4.7).
- Manufacturer’s quality assurance (Sec. 9.1 with 9.1 .1) or (Sec. 9.1. with 9. 1.2)
- Special labeling and packaging requirements (Sec. 10).
3. CLASSIFICATION. The coffee shall conform to the following list which shall be specified in the solicitation, contract, or purchase order.
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