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Title: USDA COMMODITY PROGRAMS UPDATE


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USDA COMMODITY PROGRAMS UPDATE
Cathie McCullough, Director Food Distribution
Division, USDA
Legislative Action Conference, March 5, 2007
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SY 08 Foods Available - Meat
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SY 08 Foods Available - Poultry
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SY 08 Foods Available Fresh
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SY 08 Foods Available - Fruit
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SY 08 Foods Available - Vegetables
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SY 08 Foods Available Group B
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SY 08 Foods Available
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SY 2008 Foods Available - CP
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IMPROVING COMMODITIES
  • Enhance the foods available list to support the
    nutritional needs of recipients
  • Improve customer appeal of commodities
  • Provide product in more convenient form

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IMPROVING COMMODITIES
  • To help meet recommendations from the
  • 2005 DGAs
  • Offering more whole wheat/grain items for
  • SY 2008
  • Whole wheat macaroni and spaghetti
  • Brown rice, Quick-cooking brown rice
  • Trans Fats
  • Reviewing commodities for trans fats levels
  • Requiring USDA commodity labels to address trans
    fats
  • Working to eliminate trans fats from frozen
    potato products

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IMPROVING COMMODITIES
  • Lowering sugar
  • USDA offers canned fruits packed in only juice
    and water, juice, or light syrup (exception
    is apple slices packed in water only)
  • No canned fruits are offered in heavy syrup
  • Changed spec to require unsweetened applesauce
    for schools and institutions
  • Lowering sodium content
  • All canned vegetables meet FDAs
  • Healthy standard for sodium
  • ( 480 mg per serving)

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IMPROVING COMMODITIES
  • OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
  • Long-Term Contracts for Turkey
  • Test buys for whole turkey, roast, hams, deli
    breast, and deli breast smoked
  • Regular bi-weekly purchases for turkey items will
    continue
  • Reducing the fat in processed poultry products
  • Will allow processors to substitute meat, either
    dark or white, for fat and skin during processing
    at a 1 to 10 ratio
  • More flexibility to lower fat content in end
    products

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COMMODITY FACT SHEETS GUIDANCE
  • Updating school commodity fact sheets
  • Surveyed States/schools for feedback
  • Fact Sheets to be completed Spring 2007
  • Developed label guidance
  • 2 Fact Sheets on trans fats and allergens

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CFN Home Page
www.commodityfoods.usda.gov
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CFN Website Migration
  • In the very near future, the look, feel, and
    organization of the CFN website will
    change.
  • The new site will contain all the information
    housed on the current site and more!
  • Please remember to reset your internet
    bookmarks since a few of the current URLs or
    addresses within the site may change when
    the new site is launched.
  • The new site is expected to be launched
    by May 1, 2007 or sooner. Well let you know.

www.commodityfoods.usda.gov
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Sneak Preview
www.commodityfoods.usda.gov/
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FY 2008 Farm Bill Proposals
  • Provide an additional 500 million over 10 years
    in FV purchases for schools
  • Increase the overall Sec 32 FV purchase minimum
    going to all domestic commodity programs by 2.75
    billion over 10 years

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REWRITE OF 7 CFR Part 250
  • Drafting 2 final rules based on comments received
    during summer
  • 2006. They address
  • Food service management companies
  • Commodity processing
  • Also drafting a proposed rule addressing
    delivery, distribution, inventory and other
    issueswe welcome your comments when published!

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TRAINING AND INFORMATION SHARING
  • Training in 2006
  • State SNA meetings
  • Regional and State meetings
  • Industry/processor meetings
  • 2006 LAC and ANC
  • Training in 2007
  • LAC Pre-Conference Session
  • ACDA, March 2007 (Orlando, FL)
  • FD-101 for States, May 2007 (Alexandria, VA)
  • Commodity Track, July 2007 ANC (Chicago)
  • We have a new training coordinator!

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DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
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DoD Fresh FV Program
  • DoD Fresh Program is an OPTION that States may
    OFFER to schools (not required to offer)
  • Since 2002 Farm Bill requires 50 million of
    entitlement to be spent annually through 2007
  • The Program is intended to provide SOME/MORE
    fresh produce for schools
  • Section 411 funds MAY BE USED to buy more DoD
    produce in addition to the above entitlement
    purchases

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DoD Today
  • 47 States, DC, VI, PR, Guam will participate in
  • SY 07-08
  • PA, KS, DE are not setting aside commodity
    entitlement dollars for this option
  • About 20 States have chosen to utilize Section
  • 4 11 funds in addition to or in lieu of
    entitlement dollars
  • SY 06-07 deliveries were delayed until Sept 06 as
    FNS switched to fiscal year allocation system
    (this system will continue)

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DoD Changes
  • New Procurement System - using Long-Term
    Contracts
  • Schools will have 24/7 access to FFAVORS
    (web-based ordering system)
  • Some DoD staff will remain in field to handle
    customer support complaint issues
  • FFAVORS is expected to improve monitoring of
    orders at all levels

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ECOS
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ECOS Enhancements
  • Enhancements for Co-ops
  • Co-ops can roll-up member orders into full
    truckloads, or combine them with other ECOS users
  • Co-ops can access information on commodities
    available, entitlement, requisitions, delivery
    orders, etc.
  • Co-ops can manage orders for their members like
    the State does for recipient agencies

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Questions?
Cathie McCullough cathie.mccullough_at_fns.usda.gov P
h 703-305-2680
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