Cracker Products Commodity Requirements Document

Agriculture is a buyer of domestic origin food commodities for use in various U.S. Government international food aid programs and, from time to time, issues solicitations to purchase a variety of commodities. Specifications for commodity purchases are generally published in Commodity Requirements Documents (CRD) available on the Kansas City Commodity Office's (KCCO) website. Each solicitation to purchase for international food aid programs will clearly identify the requirements document applicable in accordance with FAR 11.201(b) A revision of the CRD for Cracker Products(CR4), is being published today via this Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) notice (see document package 1). This revised CRD is called CR5; its effective date is May 20, 2013. Once effective it will be available with other current CRDs on the commodity operations website at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex Changes in the CRD include a revision to the CID information. Interested parties are encouraged to read the new CRD in its entirety in order to understand the new commodity requirements for cracker products that will be required for all future solicitations.