The Secretary may use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay costs of initial processing and packaging of commodities to be distributed under the program established under this chapter into forms, and in quantities, suitable, as determined by the Secretary, for use in individual households when such commodities are to be consumed by individual households or for institutional use, as applicable. The Secretary may pay such costs in the form of Corporation-owned commodities equal in value to such costs. The Secretary shall ensure that any such payments in kind will not displace commercial sales of such commodities.
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CHAPTER 102— EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE
§ 7502. Availability of CCC commodities
§ 7504. Initial processing costs
§ 7505. Federal and State responsibilities
§ 7506. Assurances; anticipated use
§ 7507. State and local supplementation of commodities
§ 7508. Authorization and appropriations
§ 7509. Relationship to other programs
§ 7510. Commodities not income
§ 7511. Prohibition against certain State charges
§ 7511a. Emergency food program infrastructure grants
§ 7513. Finality of determinations
§ 7514. Incorporation of additional commodities
§ 7515. Allotment and delivery of commodities
§ 7516. Settlement and adjustment of claims