PRESHIPMENT SAMPLING Clause Samples

PRESHIPMENT SAMPLING. For each shipment, the supplier shall obtain a representative sample of the material directly loaded for shipment or stored in the bin from which the shipment was loaded. A sample library must be maintained for a minimum period of 10 weeks. A representative sample is one which conforms to the principles of probability sampling and sample size selection as defined in ASTM Methods * and *. An example of such sampling can be found in ASTM Methods *. At requested frequency, a * gram minimum split of the representative sample shall be sent to the ▇▇▇▇▇ Corning user-plant as soon as possible after loading. If a representative sample is currently unobtainable, the supplier shall investigate alternate methods of sampling.