[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: 7CFR250.2]



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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

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

 

PART 250_DONATION OF FOODS FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES 

AND POSSESSIONS AND AREAS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 250.2  Administration.



    (a) Delegation to FNS. Within the Department, FNS shall act on 

behalf of the Department in the administration of the program. FNS will 

provide assistance to distributing agencies and evaluate all levels of 

program operations to assure that the goals of the program are achieved 

in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

    (b) Delegation to distributing agency. The distributing agency is 

responsible for effective and efficient administration of program 

operations within its jurisdiction and shall administer the program in 

accordance with the requirements of this part and FNS guidelines and 

instructions. Distributing agencies may impose additional requirements 

for participation that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this 

part, except that this provision



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shall not apply to distribution to households on all or part of an 

Indian reservation which is participating in the Food Distribution 

Program under part 253 and part 254 of this chapter. The distributing 

agency shall provide guidance to subdistributing agencies and recipient 

agencies on all aspects of program operations.

    (c) Personnel. Each distributing agency shall provide adequate 

personnel, to administer the program in accordance with this part.