GTA 08-01-005
7 August 2009
Shellfish
Interstate
Certified
Shellfish
Shippers List
http://vm.cfsa
n.fda.gov/%7
Eear/shellfis.
html
Grade A Dairy (By
product code)
IMSL Directory
https://info1.cfsan.f
da.gov/milk/mkex/i
ms/imssl-se.cfm
Meat, Poultry and Egg
Products
Meat, Poultry and Egg
Product Inspection Directory
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Reg
ulations_&_Policies/Meat_Po
ultry_Egg_Inspection_Direct
ory/index.asp
Other than grade
A Dairy (By
product code)
USDA Dairy Plants
Surveyed &
Approved for
USDA Grading
Services
http://www.ams.us
da.gov/AMSv1.0/d
airy
Shell Eggs
Directory of
Grading offices and
Plants operating
under the USDA
Poultry and Egg
Grading Program
http://www.ams.usd
a.
ov
Establishments are considered to be approved if
the source of manufacture matches the information
found in the Federal Directory.
If establishment could not be found in the Federal
Directories, it is
not approved.
Seafood (except shellfish)
USDC Participants List for
Firms, Facilities, and
Products
http://www.seafood.nmfs.noa
a.gov/Approved_Facilities.ht
ml
Determine food item’s FSC IAW Table 2-1, AR 40-657
Determine whether food item requires Approved Source
listing or is exempt IAW VETCOM Circular 40-1,
Appendix A.
NOTE: See footnotes at bottom of Appendix A
If food item requires Approved Source listing,
determine the product’s
source of
manufacture. (Point of Origin Code)
Determine directory to be utilized.
Alwa
s start with VETCOM Cir. 40-1
“Worldwide Director
”
NOTE: Foreign establishments whose pre-packed finished
products are imported by distributors or brokers into the U.S. and
sold to the Armed Forces procurement agencies for commissary
store resale or NAF use (IN CONUS ONLY) do not have to be
directory listed.
AR 40-657 para 2-15(g)
If source of manufacture could not be found in
VETCOM Cir. 40-1, elevate search to Federal
Directories. Use links below or click on FEDERAL
APPROVED SOURCES link in VET SVC
APPLICATION PORTAL
If food item is exempt from Approved
Source listing, St
op here.
Product is considered approved.
Department of Veterinary Science
Approved Source Flow Chart
If applicable, enter Approved Source
Information in ISP database IAW MEDCOM
Pam 40-13 & VETCOM Policy
Memorandum.
Report non-approved food items to Supervisor and
generate report IAW Local Command policy &
unit standing operating procedure (SOP)
(i.e. SIR, if ISP database is available).
If food items are found to have originated from an
approved source & the manufacture for the food
item matches the information found in Directory
(VETCOM Cir. 40-1),
Stop here. Product is considered
approved.
