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44 CFR § 206.151 - Food commodities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t44/s206.151"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "44 CFR § 206.151 - Food commodities."
title_number: 44
title_name: "Emergency Management and Assistance"
section_number: "206.151"
section_name: "Food commodities."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "DISASTER ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "206"
part_name: "FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 through 5207; Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. 101  Department of Homeland Security Delegation 9001.1; sec. 1105, Pub. L. 113-2, 127 Stat. 43 (42 U.S.C. 5189a note)."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 11615, Mar. 21, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "206"
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# 206.151 Food commodities.

(a) The Administrator will assure that adequate stocks of food will be ready and conveniently available for emergency mass feeding or distribution in any area of the United States which suffers a major disaster or emergency.

(b) In carrying out the responsibilities in paragraph (a) of this section, the Administrator may direct the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase food commodities in accordance with authorities prescribed in section 413(b) of the Stafford Act.