CHAPTER II-FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EDITORIAL NOTE: Nomenclature changes to chapter II appear at 59 FR 60062, Nov. 22, 1994; The Emergency Food Assistance Program National Commodity Processing Program Part Page 274 Issuance and use of coupons 784 275 276 277 Performance reporting system 825 864 872 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 Participation of retail food stores, wholesale food Emergency food assistance for victims of disasters Demonstration, research, and evaluation projects Provision of a nutrition assistance program for the 907 932 937 937 943 944 (CNMI) [Reserved] 285 Provision of a nutrition assistance grant for the 963 295 SUBCHAPTER D-GENERAL REGULATIONS Availability of information and records to the pub- 296-299 [Reserved] 967 APPENDIX A TO PART 210-ALTERNATE FOODS FOR MEALS APPENDIX B TO PART 210-CATEGORIES OF FOODS OF MINIMAL NUTRITIONAL VALUE APPENDIX C TO PART 210-CHILD NUTRITION LABELING PROGRAM AUTHORITY: 42 U.S.C. 1751-1760, 1779. SOURCE: 53 FR 29147, Aug. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted. Subpart A-General § 210.1 General purpose and scope. (a) Purpose of the program. Section 2 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751), states: "It is declared to be the policy of Congress, as a measure of national security, to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation's children and to encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural commodities and other food, by assisting the States, through grants-in-aid and other means, in providing an adequate supply of food and other facilities for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of nonprofit school lunch programs." Pursuant to this act, the Department provides States with general and special cash assistance and donations of foods acquired by the Department to be used to assist schools in serving nutritious lunches to children each school day. In furtherance of Program objectives, participating schools shall serve lunches that are nutritionally adequate, as set forth in these regulations, and shall to the extent practicable, ensure that participating children gain a full understanding of the relationship between proper eating and good health. (b) Scope of the regulations. This part sets forth the requirements for participation in the National School Lunch and Commodity School Programs. It specifies Program responsibilities of State and local officials in the areas of program administration, preparation and service of nutritious lunches, payment of funds, use of program funds, program monitoring, and reporting and recordkeeping requirements. $210.2 Definitions. For the purpose of this part: |