Final Supplement 603 Frozen Bison Items - April 2026

The Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a special notice, solicitation number 12-3J14-Notice-26-011, regarding the publication of an updated Supplement 603 for frozen bison items. This update introduces several procedural and administrative changes, including new language for the domestic origin of meat components and a requirement for vendors to record truck seal numbers on the Bill of Lading. Additional modifications require recording the product temperature at the time of loading on the contractor’s checkloading shipping documentation and updating terminology from immediate and shipping containers to primary package and shipping cases.

The revised specifications also mandate that metal detection validation be performed with all three metals during each testing interval, incorporating specific procedural requirements. Administrative updates include recognizing the Meat Institute as the successor name for the animal welfare organization formerly known as NAMI and changing the delivery date to the shipping date on the Certificate of Conformance. This notice is classified under NAICS 311611 for Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering and PSC 8905 for Meat, Poultry, and Fish.

Two attachments accompany this notice: the Product Specifications & Requirements and the Final Supplement 603 Frozen Bison Items - April 2026 PDF. Both documents were published on April 10, 2026. The established response deadline for this announcement is January 1, 2027.