[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: 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 Sec. Sec. 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]