4892 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 19 / Monday, January 30, 2006 / Notices 

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Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

January 2006. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–1105 Filed 1–27–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Emergency Food Assistance Program; 

Availability of Commodities for Fiscal 

Year 2006 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

surplus and purchased commodities 

that the Department expects to make 

available for donation to States for use 

in providing nutrition assistance to the 

needy under the Emergency Food 

Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2006. The commodities made 

available under this notice must, at the 

discretion of the State, be distributed to 

eligible recipient agencies for use in 

preparing meals, and/or for distribution 

to households for home consumption. 

DATES: Effective: October 1, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillie Ragan, Assistant Branch Chief, 

Policy Branch, Food Distribution 

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 

22302–1594 or telephone (703) 305–

2662. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the provisions set forth 

in the Emergency Food Assistance Act 

of 1983 (EFAA), 7 U.S.C. 7502, and the 

Food Stamp Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. 2011, 

et seq., the Department makes 

commodities and administrative funds 

available to States for use in providing 

nutrition assistance to those in need 

through TEFAP. In accordance with 7 

CFR 251.3(h), each State’s share of 

TEFAP commodities and administrative 

funds is based 60 percent on the number 

of low-income households within the 

State and 40 percent on the number of 

unemployed persons within the State. 

State officials are responsible for 

establishing the network through which 

the commodities will be used by eligible 

recipient agencies (ERAs) in providing 

nutrition assistance to those in need, 

and for allocating commodities and 

administrative funds among those 

agencies. States have full discretion in 

determining the amount of commodities 

that will be made available to ERAs for 

use in preparing meals, and/or for 

distribution to households for home 

consumption. 

The types of commodities the 

Department expects to make available to 

States for distribution through TEFAP in 

FY 2006 are described below. 

Surplus Commodities 

Surplus commodities donated for 

distribution under TEFAP are 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

commodities purchased under the 

authority of section 416 of the 

Agricultural Act of 1949, 7 U.S.C. 1431 

(section 416) and commodities 

purchased under the surplus removal 

authority of section 32 of the Act of 

August 24, 1935, 7 U.S.C. 612c (section 

32). The types of commodities typically 

purchased in section 416 included 

dairy, grains, oils, and peanut products. 

The types of commodities purchased 

under section 32 include meat, poultry, 

fish, vegetables, dry beans, juices, and 

fruits. 

In FY 2006, the Department 

anticipates that there will be sufficient 

quantities of fresh apples, frozen and 

canned asparagus, canned apple juice, 

pineapple juice, and cranberry juice 

concentrate, canned apricots, 

applesauce, mixed fruit, peaches, 

dehydrated potatoes, and fresh and 

canned sweet potatoes under section 32, 

to support the distribution of these 

commodities through TEFAP. Other 

surplus commodities may be made 

available to TEFAP later in the year. The 

Department would like to point out that 

commodity acquisitions are based on 

changing agricultural market conditions; 

therefore, the availability of 

commodities is subject to change. 

Approximately $57.7 million in 

surplus commodities purchased in FY 

2005 are being delivered to States in FY 

2006. These commodities include fresh 

apples, frozen and canned asparagus, 

canned apple juice, pineapple juice, and 

cranberry juice concentrate, canned 

apricots, applesauce, mixed fruit, 

peaches, dehydrated potatoes, and fresh 

and canned sweet potatoes. 

Purchased Commodities 

In accordance with section 27 of the 

Food Stamp Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. 2036, 

the Secretary is directed annually, 

through FY 2007, to purchase $140 

million worth of commodities for 

distribution through TEFAP. These 

commodities are made available to 

States in addition to those surplus 

commodities which otherwise might be 

provided to States for distribution under 

TEFAP. However, the Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2006, (Public Law 

109–97) permits States to convert any of 

their entire fair share of $10 million of 

these funds to administrative funds to 

pay costs associated with the 

distribution of TEFAP commodities at 

the State and local level. 

For FY2006, the Department 

anticipates purchasing the following 

commodities for distribution through 

TEFAP: Dehydrated potatoes, corn 

syrup, egg mix, blackeye beans, great 

northern beans, kidney beans, lima 

beans, pinto beans, dried plums, raisins, 

bakery mix, lowfat bakery mix, egg 

noodles, white and yellow corn grits, 

macaroni, oats, peanut butter, rice, 

spaghetti, vegetable oil, rice cereal, corn 

flakes, corn squares, oat cereal, bran 

flakes, frozen ground beef, frozen 

chicken, frozen ham, frozen turkey 

roast, and the following canned items: 

Green beans, refried beans, vegetarian 

beans, carrots, cream corn, whole kernel 

corn, sliced potatoes, spaghetti sauce, 

tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato soup , 

vegetarian soup, apple juice, cranapple 

juice, grapefruit juice, orange juice, 

pineapple juice, tomato juice, apricots, 

peaches, pineapples, applesauce, pears, 

plums, beef, beef stew, chicken, port, 

tuna, turkey, and roasted peanuts. The 

amounts of each item purchased will 

depend on the prices the Department 

must pay, as well as the quantity of each 

item request by the States. Changes in 

agricultural market conditions may 

result in the available of additional 

types of commodities or the nonavailability of one or more types listed 

above. 

Dated: January 17, 2006. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 06–813 Filed 1–27–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2005–0047] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Milk and Milk Products 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 


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