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2912 

Vol. 80, No. 13 

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Emergency Food Assistance Program; 

Availability of Foods for Fiscal Year 

2015 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

surplus and purchased foods 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) 2015. The foods made 

available under this notice must, at the 

discretion of the State, be distributed to 

eligible recipient agencies (ERAs) for 

use in preparing meals and/or for 

distribution to households for home 

consumption. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeramia Garcia, 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. 7501, et seq., 

and the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 

7 U.S.C. 2036, the Department makes 

foods available to States for use in 

providing nutrition assistance to those 

in need through TEFAP. In accordance 

with section 214 of the EFAA, 7 U.S.C. 

7515, 60 percent of each State’s share of 

TEFAP foods is based on the number of 

people with incomes below the poverty 

level 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 foods will be used by 

ERAs in providing nutrition assistance 

to those in need, and for allocating 

foods among those ERAs. States have 

full discretion in determining the 

amount of foods that will be made 

available to ERAs for use in preparing 

meals and/or for distribution to 

households for home consumption. 

The types of foods the Department 

expects to make available to States for 

distribution through TEFAP in FY 2015 

are described below. 

Surplus Foods 

Surplus foods donated for distribution 

under TEFAP are Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) foods purchased 

under the authority of section 416 of the 

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

(section 416) and foods 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 

foods typically purchased under section 

416 include dairy, grains, oils, and 

peanut products. The types of foods 

purchased under section 32 include 

meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, dry 

beans, juices, and fruits. 

Approximately $74.7 million in 

surplus foods acquired in FY 2014 are 

being delivered to States in FY 2015. 

These foods include applesauce, 

blueberries, chicken leg quarters, 

dehydrated potatoes, grape and orange 

juice, raisins, and salmon. Other surplus 

foods may be made available to TEFAP 

throughout the year. The Department 

would like to point out that food 

acquisitions are based on changing 

agricultural market conditions; 

therefore, the availability of foods is 

subject to change. 

Purchased Foods 

In accordance with section 27 of the 

Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 

U.S.C. 2036, the Secretary is directed to 

purchase $327 million worth of foods in 

FY 2015 for distribution through 

TEFAP. These foods are made available 

to States in addition to those surplus 

foods which otherwise might be 

provided to States for distribution under 

TEFAP. 

For FY 2015, the Department 

anticipates purchasing the following 

foods for distribution through TEFAP: 

Fresh and dehydrated potatoes, frozen 

apple slices, applesauce, dried plums, 

raisins, frozen ground beef, pouched 

chicken, frozen whole chicken, frozen 

ham, frozen catfish, frozen turkey roast, 

lima beans, black-eye beans, garbanzo 

beans, great northern beans, light red 

kidney beans, pinto beans, lentils, egg 

mix, shell eggs, peanut butter, roasted 

peanuts, low-fat cheese, 1 percent, ultra 

high temperature fluid milk, vegetable 

oil, low-fat bakery flour mix, egg 

noodles, white and yellow corn grits, 

whole grain oats, macaroni, spaghetti, 

whole grain rotini, whole grain 

spaghetti and whole grain macaroni, 

white and brown rice, corn flakes, 

wheat bran flakes, oat cereal, rice cereal, 

corn cereal, corn and rice cereal, and 

shredded whole wheat cereal; the 

following canned items: Low sodium 

blackeye beans, low sodium green 

beans, low sodium light red kidney 

beans, low sodium refried beans, low 

sodium vegetarian beans, low sodium 

carrots, low sodium cream corn, no salt 

added whole kernel corn, low sodium 

peas, low sodium sliced potatoes, no 

salt added pumpkin, reduced sodium 

cream of chicken soup, reduced sodium 

cream of mushroom soup, low sodium 

tomato soup, low sodium vegetable 

soup, low sodium spaghetti sauce, low 

sodium spinach, sweet potatoes with 

extra light syrup, no salt added diced 

tomatoes, low sodium tomato sauce, low 

sodium mixed vegetables, unsweetened 

applesauce, apricots with extra light 

syrup, mixed fruit with extra light 

syrup, cling peaches with extra light 

syrup, pears with extra light syrup, beef, 

beef stew, pork, salmon and kosher 

salmon; and the following bottled 

juices: Unsweetened apple juice, 

unsweetened cherry apple juice, 

unsweetened cran-apple juice, 

unsweetened grape juice, unsweetened 

grapefruit juice, unsweetened orange 

juice, and unsweetened tomato juice. 

The amounts of each item purchased 

will depend on the prices the 

Department must pay, as well as the 

quantity of each item requested by the 

States. Changes in agricultural market 

conditions may result in the availability 

of additional types of foods or the nonavailability of one or more types listed 

above. 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Audrey Rowe, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00879 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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