[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR252.5]

[Page 501]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 252_NATIONAL COMMODITY PROCESSING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  252.5  Recipient agency responsibilities.

    (a) Registration. Recipient agencies that have approved agreements 
with State distributing agencies to receive donated food may register 
with FNS on an FNS approved form to participate in the NCP Program. Upon 
request, FNS will provide recipient agencies with registration forms. 
Recipient agencies shall notify FNS when they are no longer eligible to 
receive donated food under an agreement. Failure to notify FNS shall 
result in claim action.
    (b) Recipient agency records. Each recipient agency shall maintain 
accurate and complete records with respect to the receipt, disposal, and 
inventory of donated food, including products processed from donated 
food, and with respect to any funds which arise from the operation of 
the distribution program.
    (c) Refunds. A recipient agency purchasing end products under the 
NCP Program from a processor utilizing a refund system shall submit a 
refund application supplied by the processor to the processor within 30 
days of receipt of the end products, except that recipient agencies may 
submit refund applications to a single processor on a Federal fiscal 
quarterly basis if the total anticipated refund due for all purchases of 
end product from that processor during the quarter is 25 dollars or 
less. Recipient agencies must insure that any funds received as a result 
of refund payments be designated for use by the food service department.
    (d) Verification. If requested by FNS, each recipient agency shall 
cooperate in the verification of end product sales reported by 
processors under the NCP Program. The recipient agency may be requested 
to verify actual purchases of end products as substantiated by the 
recipient agency's invoices and may also be requested to verify that the 
invoice correctly identifies the discount included or refund due for the 
value of the donated ingredient contained in the end product.

[51 FR 23518, June 30, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 62987, Dec. 7, 1994]