P1250095223haeVX - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Title: P1250095223haeVX


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Cathie McCullough Director Food Distribution
Division FNS/USDA School Nutrition
Association Legislative Action Conference March
2, 2009
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Food Distribution Priorities

• Web Based Supply Chain Management Transition
• DoD Fruits Vegetable Program
• USDA Foods Image Improvements

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Web Based Supply Chain Management

• What Is It?
• Web-based replacement for 30-yr old system
• Financials payments, accounting
• State Ordering
• Purchasing, deliveries
• Domestic and International Programs
• Affects USDA, States, some schools and food
  banks, industry, PVOs, USAID, and MARAD
• ECOS functions will be integrated into WBSCM

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• What will it mean for
• States
• Schools
• Industry

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Timeline

DEC 31 2009
APR 2009
SEPT 2009
GO LIVE!
SYSTEM TESTING BEGINS
USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING
DEVELOPMENT
SDA ECOS USERS TRAINING
RA ECOS USERS TRAINING
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USDA FoodsDoD Fresh Program

• Funding
• 2008 Farm Bill
• 56 M SY 2009
• Security Certificates
• 16,000 Users
• 150 per user
• Waiver through June 2010
• WE WILL FIND ANOTHER WAY!!

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USDA FoodsDoD Fresh Program

• FFAVORS vs. STORES Ordering
• Eliminating FFAVORS and replacing with
  STORES
• Waiver to keep FFAVORS until June 2010
• WBSCM Ordering
• Prime Vendor Contracts
• 32 States have new contracts
• 15 States still have old contracts

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USDA FoodsRecalls
The Peanut Recall. Big impact in the commercial
world Relatively small impact in the world of
USDA Foods

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USDA FoodsRecalls

• Lessons Learned from Beef Recall
• Expectation of local level notification
• Fix Commodity Alert System
• Email notices of holds/recalls
• Self register for free on USDA website
• https//www.envoyprofiles.com/USDA-ALERTS

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USDA FoodsFarm Bill Benefits

• More FV Money
• DOD Fresh Cap Removed
• Whole Grain Pilot

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USDA FoodBonus SY 2009 Purchases

• Cut-up chicken
• Bulk Chicken (processing)
• Orange juice
• Frozen Cherries
• Canned Pear Halves
• Catfish

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USDA FoodsWhole Grain Pilot

• Requires purchase and study (4 million total) of
  additional whole grain products for school meals
• Whole grain pancakes and tortillas
• Requires acceptability study by September 2011

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USDA FoodsTraining Opportunities

• ACDA ANC Training Sessions
• SNA ANC USDA Track
• State Processing Presentations
• IOM FRAC Presentations
• NFSMI Satellite Seminar
• USDA Foods, Americas Finest

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USDA FoodsImage Improvements
Vision To increase participation in USDA
nutrition assistance programs by improving public
perception of USDA Foods.

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USDA FoodsThe Perception

• School lunch and commodities cause obesity
• USDA surplus commodities are the culprit
• Commodities are low quality

Needs replacing with
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USDA FoodsThe Realities

• Healthy Choices and American Grown
• Account for 15-20 of school food purchases
• Request driven purchases
• School districts are not required to accept items
  they do not want

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USDA FoodsNutrition Initiatives

• Low sodium canned vegetables
• Whole Grain pasta
• Parboiled brown rice
• Low Sat Fat Soy Bean Oil
• Unsweetened Applesauce
• Reduced Fat Bakery Mix
• Low Fat Meats and Poultry
• Reduced Fat Cheeses

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USDA FoodsInitiative Status

• Established Stakeholder Team
• Had several stakeholder roundtables/events
• Developed Mission Statement, Logo, Materials,
• Website
• Established FY 2009 Objectives Tasks
• Hired PR Firm to Focus Test Logo Materials
• Develop a multi-year Communication Plan

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USDA FoodsProcurement Ordering Initiatives

• Long term contracts (LTC) to ensure supply
  require earlier orders and contract awards
• Low Sodium Canned Vegetables LTC orders for
• delivery July 2009 - June 2010 due Feb 27
• Turkey LTC orders for July - Oct 2009
  deliveries
• due March 5
• Cheese LTC orders for Jan - Dec 2010
  deliveries
• due June 30

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USDA FoodsInitiative Status
Always looking listening for new
ideas! USDAFoods_at_fns.usda.gov