[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR252.1]

[Page 497-498]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 252--NATIONAL COMMODITY PROCESSING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 252.1  Purpose and scope.

    (a) Purpose. This part provides a program whereby the Food and 
Nutrition

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Service (FNS) and private processors of food may enter into agreements 
under which the processor will process and distribute designated donated 
food to eligible recipient agencies. The intent of the program is to 
encourage private industry, acting in cooperation with the States and 
FNS, to develop new markets in which donated food may be utilized. It is 
expected that the processors will use their marketing abilities to 
encourage eligible recipient agencies to participate in the program. 
Additionally, recipient agencies will benefit by being able to purchase 
processed end products at a substantially reduced price.
    (b) Scope. The terms and conditions set forth in this part are those 
under which processors may enter into agreements with FNS for the 
processing of commodities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the minimum requirements which NCP processors must meet. Also prescribed 
are distributing agency and recipient agency responsibilities.
    (c) Eligible recipient agencies. Recipient agencies shall be 
eligible to participate in the NCP Program to the extent of their 
eligibility to receive the food involved in the NCP Program, pursuant to 
Sec. 250.8 and part 251.