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7 CFR § 250.5 - Civil rights.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s250.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 250.5 - Civil rights."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "250.5"
section_name: "Civil rights."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS AND POLICIES—FOOD DISTRIBUTION"
part_number: "250"
part_name: "DONATION OF FOODS FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND AREAS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 612c, 612c note, 1431, 1431b, 1431e, 1431 note, 1446a-1, 1859, 2014, 2025; 15 U.S.C. 713c; 22 U.S.C. 1922; 42 U.S.C. 1751, 1755, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1762a, 1766, 3030a, 5179, 5180."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 20426, June 3, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "250"
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# 250.5 Civil rights.

Distributing agencies, subdistributing agencies and recipient agencies must comply with the Department's nondiscrimination regulations (7 CFR parts 15, 15a, and 15b) and the FNS civil rights instructions to ensure that in the operation of the program no person is discriminated against on protected bases as such bases apply to each program.