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B-173661 1 (1971-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafft0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNI IWASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 SEP 8 n B-173661 P -,Dear Senator Hollings: This is in response to your letter dated July 19, 1971, requesting a full investigation of Army purchasing procedures for food for person- nel in Europe. You reque -e-d-a7-ESpde1fic report on a shipment of peaches from South Carolina to Europe, as well as some assurance that the Army's buying practices for food are in order. As you know, the shipment of peaches was a joint promotional venture of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture and the South Carolina peach Council. The objective of this effort was to expa? d tah1Lemarket of the South Carolina peach industry by shipping peaches to a private importer in Europe who would sell to the U. S. Army those peaches that met its specifications. The peaches that did not meet the Army's speci- fications were to be sold through commercial channels by the import agent. Although a contract was not entered into, the promotional plan was well received by Department of Defense officials prior to the shipment of peaches. The shipment originated on June 24, 1971, at a packing plant in Sumter, South Carolina. An inspector of the U. S. Department of Agri- culture (USDA) graded the shipment of 877 3/4 bushel boxes of Coronet variety peaches as being within the U. S. Standards established for grade U. S. Extra # 1. The certificate issued indicated that the size range was generally P to 3 inches, mostly 2 to 2 inches and that the peaches were mostly hard, some firm possessing 80 percent fancy color. The peaches were loaded in a refrigerated shipping container and a representative of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture accom- panied the container to The Netherlands to monitor the temperature controls and to record the temperature several times daily. The sealed container was cooled to a fairly even and constant temperature through- out. The refrigeration unit of the shipping container was in constant operation during the entire trip and maintained the temperature at the desired settings. Upon arrival at the cold storage facilities of the importer in Zaltbommel, The Netherlands, on July 7, 1971, a preaward survey was made by a purchasing agent for the U. S. Army, Europe. His report recommended that the peaches not be purchased because they were 100 percent immature, hard, green to light green in color with sizes ranging from 1 3/4 to 3 inches. BE.ST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921 -1971

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