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ResetResource | Policy Memos
    Updated Instructions for the SAE Recovery Process and SAE Financial Status Report
        Updated instructions for the state administrative expenses recovery process and SAE financial status report (FNS-777-SAE) for child nutrition programs.
          SP 07-2024, CACFP 03-2024
    01/24/2024
    Resource | Policy Memos
    FD-152: Discontinuance of the High Security Seal Requirement for USDA Foods Deliveries
        The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will discontinue the requirement for vendors to use high security seals to secure USDA Foods deliveries as of July 1, 2023.
      04/05/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2021-0073
    FD-40: Inventory Draw Down in USDA Foods Processing (Revised)
        This memorandum provides clarification on the value pass through methods available under 7 CFR 250.36 and on the timing of processor inventory reductions of USDA Foods under each system.
          FD-40: Processing
    07/16/2021
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2020-0092
    2020-21 National School Lunch Program USDA Foods Entitlement Calculations
        Pursuant to section 2202(a) of the FFCRA, FNS is establishing a nationwide opt-in waiver to help minimize the impact of coronavirus related school closures on USDA Foods entitlement calculations.
      06/16/2020
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2020-0026
    Q&As related to COVID-19: WIC and the Food Distribution Programs
        With the recent passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to assist with the novel coronavirus public health emergency,  WIC received an increase in funding for the program as well as increased ability to provide states with the flexibilities they need to support mothers, infants and children that rely on WIC.
      03/31/2020
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0099
    Policy Cancellation Memorandum
        FNS is cancelling Policy Memoranda FD-010, FD-027, FD-028, FD-029, FD-032, FD-053, FD-055, FD-071, FD-073, FD-074, FD-083, FD-086, FD-087, FD-090, FD-105, and FD-115. The guidance provided by these memoranda are either outdated, obsolete, or otherwise captured in more current memoranda.
          FD-147
    12/27/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0029
    Management of Donated Food Inventories at Processors
        This memorandum addresses inventory limitations and requirements that USDA Foods processors must follow when manufacturing processed end products for use in child nutrition programs.
          FD-064
    04/02/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0013
    USDA Foods Processing Program: Cancellation of Policy Memoranda
        In order to update and streamline policy guidance for the USDA Foods Processing Program, FNS is cancelling policy memoranda FD-009, FD-025, FD-130, FD-102, FD-030, FD-038, FD-048, FD-103, and FD-108. The guidance provided by these memoranda is outdated and has been superseded by the Final Rule: Revisions and Clarifications in Requirements for the Processing of Donated Foods, which was published on May 1, 2018.
          FD-145
    02/27/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2018-0003
    Market Basket Analysis when Procuring Program Goods and Modifying Contracted-For Product Lists
        This memorandum provides guidance to state distributing agencies and recipient agencies on the use of market basket analysis in procuring processed end products for USDA Foods in Schools and commercial goods for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program.
          FD-144, SP04 SFSP01 CACFP04-2018
    01/18/2018
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0064
    Donated Food Storage, Distribution, and Product Dating
        This memorandum is meant to provide clarification and guidance on policies and procedures for donated food storage and distribution as they relate to product dating.
          FD-107
    11/21/2017

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