[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: 7CFR278.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 278_PARTICIPATION OF RETAIL FOOD STORES, WHOLESALE FOOD CONCERNS 
AND INSURED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  278.4  Procedure for redeeming coupons.

    (a) Coupons accepted without authorization. Coupons accepted by a 
retail food store or a wholesale food concern before the receipt by the 
firm of an authorization card from FNS may not be presented for 
redemption unless the FNS officer in charge has approved the redemption 
under Sec.  278.7(b). Burned or mutilated coupons shall be presented for 
redemption to the FNS officer in charge as provided in Sec.  278.7(c).
    (b) Endorsing coupons. Each authorized retail food store or 
authorized wholesale food concern shall mark its authorization number or 
name on each coupon before it presents the coupons for redemption.
    (c) Using redemption certificates. FNS will provide all authorized 
firms with redemption certificates. Wholesale food concerns and retail 
food stores, except for drug addict and alcoholic treatment

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and rehabilitation programs and public or private nonprofit homeless 
meal providers, shall use the redemption certificates to present coupons 
to insured financial institutions for credit or for cash. All retail 
food stores which wish to redeem coupons at wholesale food concerns 
shall use the redemption certificates for that purpose. An authorized 
retail firm using redemption certificates to redeem coupons shall fill 
out the redemption certificate to show the value of the coupons 
redeemed, the name of the insured financial institution or wholesaler, 
the date, and the signature and title of the official of the firm 
redeeming coupons.

[Amdt. 136, 43 FR 43274, Sept. 22, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 286, 52 FR 
7558, Mar. 11, 1987; Amdt. 344, 56 FR 54778, Oct. 23, 1991; Amdt. 343, 
61 FR 53601, Oct. 15, 1996]