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The General Services
[NOT MEASUREMENT
SENSITIVE]
FED-STD-793A
October 15, 1998
SUPERSEDING
FED-STD-793
October 30, 1985
FEDE~L STANDARD
DEPOT STO~GE STANDARDS
Administration has authorized the use of
this federal standard by all federal agencies.
1. SCOPE .
This standard details depot storage conditions, depot
inspection instructions,
and shelf-life extension criteria for
GSA-managed shelf-life material (see 3.5 concerning the end
user) .
2. REFERENCED DOCUMENT.
ANSI/ASQC Z1.4, Sampling Procedures and
Tables for Inspection by Attributes (copies may be obtained from
American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), P.O. Box 3066,
Milwaukee,
WI 53201-3066, ASQC Web Site, [http:// www.asac.orq] ).
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3. GENEFUAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSPECTION.
3.1 Statistical SamDlinq.
Sampling shall be in accordance with
ANSI/ASQC Z1.4,
Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by
Attributes,
unless otherwise specified.
3.2 Shelf-Life Extension Criteria. The material shall be
sampled and inspected as specified in the special instructions
(Section 5) or applicable specification. Where no sampling plan
exists, each inspecting service or agency shall follow their
internal guidance. The material should be considered suitable
for issue, and the shelf-life extended, if the number of defects
does not meet or exceed the rejection number for the AQL (i.e.,
SQL) specified. Material failing to meet the acceptance criteria
shall be disposed of in accordance with inspecting service or
agency directives.
For commodities not covered by Section 5,
further guidance may be obtained from the cognizant GSA Center
listed in Section 4.
Beneficial comments, recommendations, additions, deletions or clarifications
should
be sent to the General Services Administration,
Federal Supply Service,
Environmental and Engineering Policy Division, Washington DC 20406.
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