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Processing National Policies

 

This page provides a National Policy Database of all Food Distribution policy memoranda affecting the State Processing Program. The policies are sorted numerically by policy number, program, subject, and the date signed.  

Policy #

Program

Subject

  Signed

FD-001

 Processing Nonfat Dry Milk Processing. For further guidance regarding this policy, please click on the links below: 
  1. Guidance for Processing Nonfat Dry Milk into Shelf Stable Milk Products (Posted 05/14/2003)

  2. Additional Guidance for Shelf-Stable Milk Products (Posted 07/07/2004) 

02/03/03

FD-004

 Processing Procedures for Accounting for Rework  02/05/03

FD-005

 Processing Procedures for Reimbursing Offshore Transportation Costs of Processed Foods  02/05/03

FD-007

 Processing Net Off Invoice Hybrid Value-Pass-Through Method

03/18/03

FD-008

 Processing Establishing Processor Inventory Weight for random Weight Commodities

03/24/03

FD-009

 Processing Labeling Processed End Products

03/24/03

FD-019

 Processing This policy memorandum was Canceled on May 14, 2003.  Please see Policy Memorandum No. FD-001 at the top of this section to obtain the latest guidance for processing Nonfat Dry Milk into Shelf Stable Milk Products. 05/14/03
(canceled)

FD-025

Processing

Fee-For-Service Billing Methods Through a 
Distributor
 

04/02/04

FD-030

Processing

National Approval of End Product Data Schedules (EPDS) - Revised and reissued on Oct. 15, 2004.  

For additional guidance for this revised policy, please click on the links below:
  1. Processor Guidance: Details for Phase-In of National Approval of EPDSs and National Master Processing Agreements (NMPA) 

  2. State Guidance: Details for Phase-In of National Approval of EPDS and NMPAs

  3. Guidance for Schwan's Food Service SY 04-05 Agreement 

  4. Sample Blank Summary EPDS

  5. Instructions for the Summary EPDS

10/15/04
(revised)

If you have any questions or comments about these policies, please contact the FNS Regional Office located in the geographical area for which your state is assigned. For your convenience, a listing of these regional office locations are posted on this website at: www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/contacts/fnsro-contacts.htm


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