Supplement 509 Alaska Pollock Products

APPROVED

Supplement 509 to the AMS Master Invitation for Purchase of Frozen Alaska Pollock Products for Distribution to Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Livestock and Poultry (LP) Program
Standards and Specifications Division (SSD)
Room 2702-S, STOP 0249
Phone: (202) 690-3148
Supersedes: Supplement 509 dated November 2024 – changes from previous requirements in blue Effective: June 2026

Overview

This document provides additional program requirements for the purchase of frozen Alaska Pollock products by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including the applicable Federal Purchase Program Specification (FPPS) (Exhibit A, A1 and A2).

Responsibility / Eligibility

Alaska Pollock products shall be purchased from qualified contractors which are operating in accordance with applicable Food and Drug Administrative (FDA) regulations and the U.S. Department of Commerce (USDC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seafood Inspection Program (SIP) requirements.

All Alaska Pollock processors and processing facilities used to fulfill USDA contracts shall be a USDC/NOAA SIP Approved Establishment (AE). USDC/NOAA SIP AE must meet all pertinent Federal requirements applicable to processing fish and fishery products. USDC/NOAA SIP AE must comply with all applicable Federal regulations, including the following regulatory and USDC/NOAA SIP requirements:

Approved by
DRD
Date Issued: 06/10/11
Date Revised: 05/01/26

202.1

21 CFR Part 101-Labeling

21 CFR Part 117 Subparts A, B and F

21 CFR Part 123

50 CFR Part 260 and 261

NOAA SIP AE Requirements

202.2

To meet the requirements of a USDC/NOAA SIP AE, processors of fish and fishery products may participate in one of two USDC/NOAA SIP Inspection Types:

202.2.1

USDC/NOAA SIP Audit Based Grading.
An audit-based inspection type whereby AE implement system controls and USDC/NOAA SIP verifies their adherence to regulatory compliance and quality conformance controls through a validation audit and routine surveillance audits.
To meet eligibility requirements for this audit-based program, Approved Establishments must develop and implement a Product Management Plan (PMP) to substantiate, on a lot-bylot basis, that finished products meet the criteria to bear the corresponding mark. Under the audit-based system, firms are authorized to use the USDC SIP mark for all eligible lots covered by a PMP without an inspector being present.
A PMP should identify the specific criteria the firm will use to process the product, all