§ 160.2. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act—The State Food Purchase Program Act (62 P. S. § § 4041—4049).
Administrative and incidental costs—Costs which are authorized by the act and which are necessary to the operation of the Program, but are not food purchase costs. The term includes costs of transporting, storing, distributing, processing and repackaging food for Program participants.
Advisory Committee—The Emergency Food Assistance Advisory Committee established under section 6 of the act (62 P. S. § 4046).
County government—The county which contracts with the Department to administer the Program.
Department—The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.
Emergency food provider—A nonprofit organization which operates a food pantry, soup kitchen, food bank or other program to relieve hunger, undernutrition and food shortages among needy individuals and families, homeless people and victims of domestic violence.
Fiscal year—The period from July 1 of a particular year through June 30 of the succeeding calendar year.
Food purchase costs—Costs which are authorized by the act and which are incurred by a county government, a lead agency or an emergency food provider administering the Program within a particular county when it expends grant funds to obtain ownership of food. The term includes expenditures of grant funds to obtain ownership of food in transactions which qualify as exceptions to the restrictions on the transfer of contributed property under 26 CFR 1.170A-4A(b)(3)(ii) (relating to special rule for the deduction of certain charitable contributions of inventory and other property) such as transactions where the subject food had been donated to the vendor—such as a regional food bank or other entity—and where the purchase price for that donated food is a fee charged by the vendor for its storage, handling or other administrative costs.
Grant agreement—The written contract defining the rights and responsibilities of the Department and a county government or other entity, or both, that agrees to administer the Program in a particular county and expend the grant funds allocated to that county in accordance with the act and this chapter.
Grant funds—A sum of money that is the subject of a grant agreement which is to be used for purposes consistent with the act.
Lead agency—The emergency food provider or regional food bank designated by the county to participate in the Program on its behalf.
Program—The State Food Purchase Program.
Program participant—An individual or household that is in need of food assistance to supplement the diet of economically depressed persons to prevent hunger or undernutrition and that meets Program eligibility requirements as described in § 160.5 (relating to eligibility of persons to participate).
Regional food bank—A nonprofit charitable organization qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.A. § 501(c)(3)) which maintains an established operation involving the provision of food to nonprofit food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters or feeding centers that provide food packages or meals to people in need of food assistance. A regional food bank is an emergency food provider.
Secretary—The Secretary of the Department.
USDA—The United States Department of Agriculture.
USDA commodity programs—The food which is available through programs administered by the USDA.
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