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SECTION C

This document covers flour for use by the Department of Defense as a military unique 

subsistence item. 

C-1 ITEM DESCRIPTION

PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS FOR CID A-A-21026D FLOUR 

Type and Style. 

Type I – Bread flour (Hard wheat flour) 

Style B - Bleached 

SECTION D

D-1 PACKAGING

A. Thirty five pound can. Thirty-five pounds of flour shall be packaged into a 5-gallon 

square metal can and hermetically sealed. 

D-2 LABELING

A. Packages. Each can shall be clearly printed with permanent black ink or other, dark, 

contrasting color which is free of carcinogenic elements. The label shall include the 

following information: 

Product name 

Weight 

Contractor's name and address 

Date 1/ 

1/ Each can shall have the date of pack noted by using a four digit code beginning with 

the final digit of the current year followed by the three digit Julian day code. For 

example, 17 April 2001 would be coded as 1107. The Julian day code shall represent the day 

the product was packaged. 

D-3 PACKING

A. Packing. Product shall be packed in a fiberboard shipping container constructed in 

accordance with ASTM D 5118, Standard Practice for Fabrication of Fiberboard Shipping 

Boxes. Each container shall be securely closed in accordance with ASTM D 1974, Standard 

Practice for Methods of Closing, Sealing, and Reinforcing Fiberboard Shipping Containers. 

D-4 MARKING

A. Shipping containers. Shipping containers shall be marked in accordance with DPSC 

Form 3556, Marking Instructions for Shipping Cases, Sacks and Palletized/Containerized 

Loads of Perishable and Semiperishable Subsistence. 

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SECTION E INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

The following quality assurance criteria, utilizing ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-1993, Sampling 

Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes, are required. When required, the 

manufacturer shall provide the certificate(s) of conformance to the appropriate inspection 

activity. Certificate(s) of conformance not provided shall be cause for rejection of the 

lot. 

A. Definitions. 

(1) Critical defect. A critical defect is a defect that judgment and experience 

indicate would result in hazardous or unsafe conditions for individuals using, 

maintaining, or depending on the item; or a defect that judgment and experience indicate 

is likely to prevent the performance of the major end item, i.e., the consumption of the 

ration. 

(2) Major defect. A major defect is a defect, other than critical, which is likely 

to result in failure, or to reduce materially the usability of the unit of product for its 

intended purpose. 

(3) Minor defect. A minor defect is a defect that is not likely to reduce materially 

the usability of the unit of product for its intended purpose, or is a departure from 

established standards having little bearing on the effective use or operation of the unit. 

E-6 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS (PACKAGING AND PACKING MATERIALS)

A. Packaging. 

(1) Package examination. Cans shall be examined for the defects listed in Table I. 

The lot size shall be expressed in cans. The sample unit shall be one can. Utilizing the 

single sampling plans indicated in ANSI/ASQS Z1.4 – 1993, the inspection level shall be I 

and the acceptable quality level (AQL), expressed in terms of defects per hundred units, 

shall be 0.65 for major defects and 2.5 for minor defects. 

TABLE I. Package defects 1/ 2/ 

Category Defect

Major Minor

101 Unclean. 2/ 

102 Can not hermetically sealed. 

201 Net weight is less than 35 pounds. 

1/ Any evidence of rodent or insect infestation shall be cause for rejection of the lot. 

2/ Packaging shall be free from foreign matter that is unwholesome, has the potential to 

cause can damage (for example, glass, metal filings) or detracts from the clean appearance 

of the can. 

B. Packing. 

(1) Shipping container and marking examination. The filled and sealed shipping 

containers shall be examined for the defects listed in Table II. The lot size shall be 

expressed in shipping containers. The sample unit shall be one shipping container fully 

packed. Utilizing the single sampling plans indicated in ANSI/ASQS Z1.4 – 1993, the 

inspection level shall be S-3 and the AQL, expressed in terms of defects per hundred 

units, shall be 4.0 for major defects. 

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TABLE II. Shipping container and marking defects

Category Defect

Major

101 Marking omitted, incorrect, illegible, or improper size, location 

sequence or method of application. 

102 Inadequate workmanship. 1/ 

1/ Inadequate workmanship is defined as, but not limited to, incomplete closure of 

container flaps, loose strapping, inadequate stapling, improper taping, or bulged or 

distorted container. 

SECTION J REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

DSCP FORMS 

DPSC FORM 3556 Marking Instructions for Shipping Cases, Sacks and Palletized/ 

Containerized Loads of Perishable and Semiperishable Subsistence 

NON-GOVERNMENTAL STANDARDS 

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY (ASQ) 

 ANSI/ASQCZ1.4-1993 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes 

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS (ASTM) 

D 1974 Standard Practice for Methods of Closing, Sealing, and Reinforcing 

Fiberboard Shipping Containers 

D 5118 Standard Practice for Fabrication of Fiberboard Shipping Boxes 

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