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6.3 Unit of Purchase. The material should be purchased by weight, the unit being ounces or
pounds.
6.4 Material Safety Data Sheets. Contracting officers will identify those activities that require
copies of completed Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) prepared in accordance with FED-STD-313.
The pertinent Government mailing addresses for submission of data are listed in FED-STD-313.
6.5 Shelf-life. This specification covers items where the assignment of a Federal shelf-life code
is a consideration. Specific shelf-life requirements should be specified in the contract or purchase order,
and should include, as a minimum, shelf-life code, shelf-life package markings in accordance with MIL-
STD-129 or FED-STD-123, preparation of a material quality storage standard for type II (extendible) shelf-
life items, and a minimum of 85 percent shelf-life remaining at the time of receipt by the Government.
These and other requirements, if necessary, are in DoD 4140.27-M, Shelf-Life Management Manual. The
shelf-life codes are the in Federal Logistics Information System Total Item Record. Additive information
for shelf-life management may be obtained from DoD 4140.27-M, or the designated shelf-life Points of
Contact (POC). The POC should be contacted in the following order: (1) the Inventory Control Points
that manage the item and (2) the DoD Service and Agency administrators for the DoD Shelf-Life
Program. Appropriate POCs for the DoD Shelf-Life Program can be contacted through the DoD Shelf-
Life Management website: https://www.shelflife.hq.dla.mil
6.6 Subject term (key word) listing.
Grease
Petroleum Jelly
Type II
Shelf Life
6.7 Changes from previous issue. Marginal notations are not used in this revision to identify
changes with respect to the previous issue due to the extent of the changes.
Custodians:
Preparing activity:
Army MR
Air Force 68
Navy SH
(Project 8030-2014-008)
Air Force - 68
Review activities:
Air Force - 99
Note: The activities listed above were interested in this document as of the date of this document. Since
organizations and responsibilities can change, you should verify the currency of the information using the
ASSIST Online database at https://assist.dla.mil.
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