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Specialty 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.

Crops Room 1536-S, STOP 0240

Program Washington, DC 20250-0240

March 12, 2024

PURCHASE SPECIFICATION for EXTRA VIRGIN

OLIVE OIL (EVOO)

USDA COMMODITY REQUIREMENTS 

VP10 - VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTS FOR USE IN DOMESTIC PROGRAMS 

(LATEST VERSION) 

Must meet all relevant requirements stated in VP10 VEGETABLE OIL PRODUCTS for use in 

DOMESTIC PROGRAMS, Link:

https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/VegetableOilProductsJuly2023.pdf with the following 

additions for EVOO.

United States (U.S.) Product Origin

Contractors must meet all domestic origin requirements in accordance with the latest version of the AMS 

Master Solicitation for Commodity Procurement – Domestic Programs (MSCP-D), with further 

clarifications shown below.

1. All commodities purchased for the USDA Commodity Procurement Program (CPP) must be 100 

percent grown in the United States. This means that products shall have originated entirely from 

crops grown, processed, packed, stored, and shipped from the United States, its territories or 

possessions, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands 

(hereinafter referred to as the United States) in accordance with responsible commercial practices, 

during the packing season, and from the crop year(s) specified in the USDA-AMS Commodity 

Procurement Program Commodity Specification, or Solicitation.

2. When requested, contractors will make all paperwork available to USDA that confirms 100% 

domestic origin traceback from final destination to the origin orchard, including all steps in the 

process.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. EVOO Color: Yellow to Green. 

B. The finished product must meet all the sensory and chemical requirements and 

parameters/tolerances for EVOO established by the American Olive Oil Producers Association 

(AOOPA) or the Olive Oil Commission of California (OOCC), as appropriate. The vendor must 
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submit batch samples for chemical testing to a lab certified as ISO 17025 compliant and accredited

by the either the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) or the International Olive Commission 

(IOC). In house chemical and sensory testing is not permitted. If the first load for USDA delivery

is not scheduled to be tested, then the results of the previously tested batch, not to exceed six 

months, are acceptable. The sensory testing may be performed using the vendors’ normal 

procedures, sensory panels, and requirements. 

C. The chemical testing requirements must also be the same as the vendors’ normal/regular testing 

requirements, parameters, and tolerances. Below are some of the chemical tests which may but are 

not mandated to be included by the vendors’ chemical testing requirements. Again, the testing 

required should be in line with the individual vendors’ normal procedures and requirements.

Parameter Unit Specification 

Free Fatty Acid (as Oleic) % < 0.5 

Peroxide Value meq/kg < 15 

UV Absorbency 232 AU < 2.4 

UV Absorbency 270 AU ≤ 0.22

UV delta K AU ≤ /0.01/

Pyropheophytin A (PPP) % ≤ 17

1,2 0.Diacylglycerol (DAGs) % ≥ 35

Moisture/Volatile Matter % ≤ 0.2

Insoluble Impurities % ≤ 0.1

C 14:0 (Myristic acid) % ≤ 0.05

C 16:0 (Palmitic acid) % 7.5 - 20 

C 16:1 (Palmitoleic acid) % 0.3 – 3.5 

C 17:0 (Margaric acid) % ≤0.3

C 18:0 (Stearic acid) % 0.5-5.0

C 18:1 (Oleic acid) % 55-83 

C 18:2 (Linoleic acid) % 3.5 - 21 

C 18:3 (Linolenic acid) % ≤ 1.5 

C 20:0 (Arachidic acid) % ≤ 0.6 

C 20:1 (Eicosenoic acid) + isomers % ≤ 0.4 

C 22:0 (Behenic acid) % ≤ 0.2 

C 24:0 (Lignoceric acid) % ≤ 0.2 

2-glyceryl-monopalmitate (2P)

% 2P< 0.9% (C16:0 < 14%) 

2P< 1.0% (C16:0 > 14%) 

Apparent Beta-Sitosterol % ≥ 93 

Brassicasterol % ≤ 0.1

Campesterol % ≤ 4.5

Cholesterol % ≤ 0.5 

Delta- 7 Stigmastenol % ≤ 0.5 

Delta ECN 42 % ≤ /0.2/ 

Erythrodiol and Uvaol % ≤ 4.5 

Stigmastadienes mg/kg ≤ 0.1 
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Stigmasterol % ≤ 1.9 

Total Sterols mg/kg ≥ 1000 

Trans Fatty Acid (C18:1 T) % ≤ 0.05 

Trans Fatty Acid (C18:2T +C18:3T) % ≤ 0.05 

Wax Content (C40+C42+C44+C46) % ≤ 250 

Inspection Requirements 

New vendors that are awarded contracts will not ship the first delivery until CPP/Specialty Crops 

Inspection (SCI) reviews and accepts the Certificate of Analysis (COA-see below), and the sensory and 

chemical testing results (provided by the accredited lab and/or the selected sensory panel on their

letterhead). Once the vendor completes the COA and has received the sensory and chemical testing 

results, they will forward all documents to the CPP Contracting Specialist. Those documents will then be 

forwarded and reviewed by CPP/SCI. If found acceptable, you will be contacted, and allowed to ship the 

first load. This same testing/review procedure will hold true for the first load of the second

Solicitation/PO (approximately 4 months later). If both reviewed loads meet all the requirements, then 

the vendor will not be required to recertify via the first two shipments until one year later following the 

above procedure.

NOTE: Vendors must make any and all documentation available to USDA upon request.

Certificate Of Analysis (COA) Requirements

• Must be on a company letterhead. 

• Signed and dated by a company official. 

• Information required on the COA is shown below. 

• Use of below wording may be used for your template. All entries must be filled in as 

applicable.

• Attached results of the sensory and chemical testing performed by the approved lab and/or

sensory panel on their letterhead. 

Must meet requirements of the Master Solicitation (MSCP-D) Section 52.246-15 and any 

additional requirements/statements shown below. 

The certificate shall read as follows:

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Certificate of Analysis (COA)

I certify that on ______ [insert date], ____ [insert Contractor’s name] furnished the supplies or 

services called for by Solicitation No._____; Purchase order No._________; Line item 

No.________. The number of cases in this shipment is ___________ cases. 

Original Batch or Lot number : _______________ 
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Date of final pack: _____________ 

Bottle coding (use by date/best before date, if applicable): ________________ 

The COA must also include any other identifying information that is marked on the bottle or case. 

___________.

I further certify that the supplies or services are of the quality specified and conform in all 

respects with the contract requirements, including specifications, drawings, preservation, 

packaging, packing, marking requirements, and physical item identification (part number), and 

are in the quantity shown on this or on the attached acceptance document. The Sensory and 

Chemical Analytical results of the approved lab are attached with this COA. 

DATE OF EXECUTION: ________________________________ 

SIGNATURE: _______________________________________ 

TITLE: ____________________________________________ 

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Packaging and Labeling

Packed in a master carton designed for 6/16.9 FL OZ (500ml) dark-tinted glass bottles (e.g., green, amber, 

brown) within commercially acceptable cases which are accepted by the transport carrier and found safe 

for transport. Both the bottle and case must be labeled in accordance with all Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) labeling requirements. 

Material code: 111771 - OIL EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE BTL-6/16.9 FL OZ

Truck case count: 3,360 – 6/16.9 FL OZ (500ml) dark-tinted glass bottles

Package Size & Type WBSCM Material 

Code

UPC Primary 

Container

UPC Secondary 

Container

Oil, Extra Virgin Olive 

BTL – 6/16.9 FL OZ

111771 7 15001 11771 7 1 07 15001 11771 4

Note: Vendor UPCs are acceptable for primary containers with commercial labels and/or 

secondary fiberboard cases enclosing commercially labeled product.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.