Requirements for the Distribution and Control of Donated Foods-The Emergency Food Assistance Program: Implementation of the Agricultural Act of 2014
food-assistance · Food and Nutrition Service · Rule · Published 2016-04-19 · Effective 2016-06-20 · 81 FR 23086
Document
Document number
2016-08639
Federal Register citation
81 FR 23086
CFR reference
7 CFR 250
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
food-assistance
Sub-agency
Food and Nutrition Service
Publication date
2016-04-19
Effective date
2016-06-20
USDA docket
FNS-2014-0040
Abstract
This rule revises and clarifies requirements to ensure that USDA donated foods are distributed, stored, and managed in the safest, most efficient, and cost-effective manner, at State and recipient agency levels. The rule also reduces administrative and reporting requirements for State distributing agencies, revises or clarifies regulatory provisions relating to accountability for donated foods, and rewrites much of the regulations in a more user-friendly, "plain language," format. Lastly, the rule revises and clarifies specific requirements to conform more closely to related requirements in corresponding regulations and current law.