Section Adm 612.13 - Procedures for Recipients(a) Participants in all programs described in Adm 612 shall: (1) Utilize the first-in, first-out system of inventory rotation known as the "FIFO System"; and(2) Use the carton containing donated commodities marked with the oldest date before using more recently-dated cartons.(b) Participants in programs described in Adm 612 shall practice proper handling and storage of all United States Department of Agriculture donated commodities at all times, according to the standards set forth at 7 CFR Chapter II, Section 250.14(b).(c) Recipient agencies as defined in 7 CFR Chapter II, Section 250.3 shall pay all service charges assessed in accordance with 7 CFR Chapter II, Section 250.15(a) as are specified by the commissioner and approved by the United States Department of Agriculture.(d) The amount of the charges noted in (c) above shall be sufficient to cover the average actual cost of handling as specified by the commissioner, after receiving the recommendation of the director according to the criteria set forth in RSA 21-I: 11, I(a)(6).(e) The amount of the handling charge for participants in all programs described in Adm 612 except for the emergency food assistance program described in Adm 612.11, for which there will be no handling charge, shall be $3.75 per case of food distributed to participants on or after July 1, 2013.(f) A recipient agency as defined in 7 CFR Chapter II, Section 250.3 shall notify the surplus distribution section, or any vendor retained by the surplus distribution section to store or distribute commodities, that it intends to pick up food from the section's facility, or the vendor's facility, at least 24 hours prior to making any pick-up.(g) Surplus distribution recipients, and not the state, shall be responsible for loading commodities that are received at the state's surplus distribution facility onto their trucks, for moving those commodities to their destination, and for unloading such commodities. (h) Surplus distribution recipients, and not the state, or its vendor, if the state has retained a vendor to store or distribute commodities, shall be responsible from the point of delivery for those commodities that are received at a location other than the state's surplus distribution facility.(i) Surplus distribution recipients shall, at the time commodities are received, count all commodities provided.(j) Surplus distribution recipients shall, at the time commodities are received, acknowledge, at a minimum, the following by signing and dating an invoice provided by the surplus distribution section: (1) The types of commodities received;(2) The quantity of each commodity received;(4) The service charge per commodity; and(5) The total amount of service charges.(k) If the person signing the invoice under (j) above does not believe that any of the information contained thereon is accurate, he or she shall so indicate on the invoice.N.H. Admin. Code § Adm 612.13
#8310, eff 5-11-05; ss by #10364, eff 7-1-13
Amended by Volume XXXV Number 23, Filed June 11, 2015 , Proposed by #10827, Effective 5/16/2015, Expires5/16/2025.Amended by Number 37, Filed September 14, 2023, Proposed by #13708, Effective 7/29/2023, Expires 7/29/2033 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Adm 600).