N.D. Admin. Code 67-21-06-11

Current through Supplement No. 395, January, 2025

Section 67-21-06-11 - Buy American

Local and recipient agencies, whenever possible, shall purchase only food products that are produced in the United States when using federal funds. When funds obtained in accordance with this section are used to purchase foods in the commercial market, a distributing or recipient agency in the continental United States, and in Hawaii, to the maximum extent practical, shall purchase only domestic foods or food products. Such requirement also is applicable to food purchases made with the cash-in-lieu-of-donated foods provided in national school lunch program and child and adult care food program, in accordance with 7 CFR 250.56(e) and 250.61(c). For the purposes of this section, domestic foods or food products are:

1. Agricultural commodities that are produced in the United States; or

2. Food products that are processed in the United States substantially using agricultural commodities that are produced in the United States.

N.D. Admin Code 67-21-06-11

Effective February 1, 2000.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 375, January 2020, effective 1/1/2020.

General Authority: NDCC 15.1-35-03, 28-32-02

Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-35-03, 15.1-35-05; 7 CFR 250.17