[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: 7CFR252.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 252--NATIONAL COMMODITY PROCESSING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 252.2  Definitions.

    The terms used in this part that are defined in Secs. 250.3 and 
251.3 shall have the meanings ascribed to them therein, except as set 
forth in this section.
    Agreement value of the donated commodity means the price assigned by 
the Department to a donated food which reflects the Department's current 
acquisition price, transportation and, if applicable, processing costs 
related to the food.
    Distributing agencies means State, Federal or private agencies which 
enter into agreements with the Department for the distribution of 
donated food to eligible recipient agencies and recipients; and FNS when 
it accepts title to commodities from the Commodity Credit Corporation 
(CCC) for distribution to eligible recipient agencies under the National 
Commodity Processing Program. A recipient agency may also be a 
distributing agency.
    Donated food value return system means a system used by a processor 
or distributor to reduce the price of the end product by the agreement 
value of the donated commodity.
    NCP Program means a program under which 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.
    Recipient agency means disaster organizations, charitable 
institutions, nonprofit summer camps for children, school food service 
authorities, schools, service institutions, welfare agencies, nutrition 
programs for the elderly, nonresidential child care institutions and 
emergency feeding organizations.
    Refund means (1) a credit or check issued to a distributor in an 
amount equal to the NCP contract value of donated foods contained in an 
end product sold by the distributor to a recipient agency at a 
discounted price or (2) a check issued to a recipient agency in an 
amount equal to the NCP contract value of donated foods contained in an 
end product sold to the recipient agency under a refund system.
    Substitution means (1) the replacement of donated food with like 
quantities of domestically produced commercial food of the same generic 
identity and of equal or better quality (i.e., cheddar cheese for 
cheddar cheese, nonfat dry milk for nonfat dry milk, etc.); or (2) in 
the case of donated nonfat dry milk, substitution as defined under (1) 
of this paragraph or replacement with an equivalent amount, based on 
milk solids content, of domestically produced concentrated skim milk.

[51 FR 23518, June 30, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 24977, July 2, 1987; 53 
FR 34014, Sept. 2, 1988]