Procurement of Food Items

MANUAL OF NAVAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

(1) Establishments listed in USDA publication, Meat and Poultry

Inspection Directory.

(2) Establishments listed in USDA publication, List of Plants

Operating Under USDA Poultry and Egg-grading and Egg Products Inspection

Programs.

(3) Establishments having a pasteurized milk compliance rating of

90 percent or higher, certified by a State Milk Sanitation Officer, and

listed in the Sanitation Compliance and Enforcement Ratings of Interstate

Milk Shippers List (IMSL). The IMSL is published quarterly by the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services; Public Health Service (PHS); FDA,

Center for Food and Applied Nutrition, Office of Compliance, Division of

Cooperative Programs, Milk Safety Branch.

(4) Establishments listed in the Dairy Plants Surveyed and Approved

for USDA Grading Service.

(5) Fish establishments listed in Parts I, II, and III of the

United States Department of Commerce (USDC) Approved List of Fish

Establishments and Products published by the U.S. Department of Commerce,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fisheries

Service.

(6) Shellfish establishments listed in Interstate Certified

Shellfish Shippers List, published monthly by the U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC.

(7) The following establishments are also exempt from the Directory

of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments listing.

(a) Food imported by distributors or brokers into the United

States.

(b) Plants located in the United States that process food known

to possess little or no potential health hazards. Specific exemptions from

the directory listing of other plants are on an item-by-item basis. See

Naval Supply Systems Command Instruction 4355.4 /AR 40-657/MCO P10110.31