A single USDA-designated item description quietly shapes what federal buyers can call an “industrial cleaner.” Here is what the text does, and does not, force. [S1]
Specifiers who align their commercial-item descriptions to 7 CFR 3201.49 reduce the risk that a product will be excluded from USDA-designated purchases. Because the excerpt field is empty, the read here is structural: the item description exists, it is anchored to industrial machinery, and it lives inside the BioPreferred Program’s designated-item list at section 3201.49. [S1]
What the citation covers
7 CFR 3201.49 is titled “Industrial cleaners,” and the source metadata anchors it to the industrial machinery category on eCFR. [S1]
The provision is part of the BioPreferred Program’s item designation scheme under Title 7, which lists product categories eligible for federal biobased procurement preference. [S1]
The cited URL points to the current eCFR rendering dated 23 Dec 2016, so any later amendment would need a fresh check on the same page. [S1]
What the evidence does not contain
The evidence excerpt is empty; the rule text itself was not returned in the source pull. [S1]
Because of that gap, no quantitative thresholds, ingredient limits, reporting forms, or notice identifiers can be reported here without invention. [S1]
Any drafting step that depends on numeric criteria must be deferred until the full section is read directly on eCFR. [S1]
Implications for a spec-first description
For a commercial-item description to track 7 CFR 3201.49, the language should reference industrial cleaners as designated under 7 CFR part 3201, with the intended use tied to industrial machinery, consistent with the evidence metadata. [S1]
Specifiers should mirror the regulatory term rather than paraphrase it; deviation risks the item falling outside the designated category. [S1]
If a buyer requires minimum biobased content, the source for that number must be the full regulatory text, not the item title alone. [S1]
Primary notice: eCFR.