(a) Each VISN Nutrition and Food Service representative is authorized to establish a common VISN QPL for convenience and labor-saving foods for use at medical facilities within the representative’s VISN.
(1) The VISN Nutrition and Food Service representative must notify the Director, Nutrition and Food Service, VA Central Office, of the establishment or amendment of any VISN QPL.
(2) To avoid unnecessary duplication within a VISN, for medical facilities using an applicable VISN QPL under paragraph (b) of this section, the VISN Nutrition and Food Service representative must coordinate andconsolidate test results and recommendations.
(b) Each medical facility may:
(1) Use its VISN QPL; and
(2) Test food of its choice, provided that the facility submits test results to the VISN Nutrition and Food Service representative.
(c) The VISN representative must provide a copy of each approved VISN QPL to the following:
(1) Each contracting office in the VISN.
(2) The Director, Nutrition and Food Service, VA Central Office.
(3) Upon request, the Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management, VA Central Office.
