[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: 7CFR252.5]



[Page 514]

 

                          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]