7 CFR § 251.1 - General purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s251.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 251.1 - General purpose and scope."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "251.1"
section_name: "General purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS AND POLICIES—FOOD DISTRIBUTION"
part_number: "251"
part_name: "THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 7501-7516; 7 U.S.C. 2011-2036."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 12823, Apr. 16, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "251"
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# 251.1 General purpose and scope.

This part announces the policies and prescribes the regulations necessary to carry out certain provisions of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, (7 U.S.C. 612c *note*).

[51 FR 12823, Apr. 16, 1986, as amended at 64 FR 72902, Dec. 29, 1999]