[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR248.1]



[Page 423-424]

 

                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 248_WIC FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM (FMNP)--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 248.1  General purpose and scope.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

248.1 General purpose and scope.

248.2 Definitions.

248.3 Administration.



                   Subpart B_State Agency Eligibility



248.4 State Plan.

248.5 Selection of new State agencies.



                     Subpart C_Recipient Eligibility



248.6 Recipient eligibility.

248.7 Nondiscrimination.



                      Subpart D_Recipient Benefits



248.8 Level of benefits and eligible foods.

248.9 Nutrition education.



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                    Subpart E_State Agency Provisions



248.10 Coupon and market management.

248.11 Financial management system.

248.12 FMNP costs.

248.13 FMNP income.

248.14 Distribution of funds.

248.15 Closeout procedures.

248.16 Administrative appeal of State agency decisions.



            Subpart F_Monitoring and Review of State Agencies



248.17 Management evaluations and reviews.

248.18 Audits.

248.19 Investigations.



                   Subpart G_Miscellaneous Provisions



248.20 Claims and penalties.

248.21 Procurement and property management.

248.22 Nonprocurement debarment/suspension, drug-free workplace, and 

          lobbying restrictions.

248.23 Records and reports.

248.24 Other provisions.

248.25 FMNP information.

248.26 OMB control number.



    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1786.



    Source: 59 FR 11517, Mar. 11, 1994, unless otherwise noted.







    This part announces regulations under which the Secretary of 

Agriculture shall carry out the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. 

The dual purposes of the FMNP are:

    (a) To provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, 

unprepared foods (fruits and vegetables) from farmers' markets to women, 

infants, and children who are nutritionally at risk and who are 

participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 

Infants and Children (WIC) or are on the waiting list for the WIC 

Program; and

    (b) To expand the awareness, use of and sales at farmers' markets.

    This will be accomplished through payment of cash grants to approved 

State agencies which administer the FMNP and deliver benefits at no cost 

to eligible persons. The FMNP shall be supplementary to the food stamp 

program carried out under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

seq.) and to any other Federal or State program under which foods are 

distributed to needy families in lieu of food stamps.