---
kind: "unit"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
key: "subtB/chII/subchC/part278"
level: "part"
label: "Part 278"
heading: "Participation of Retail Food Stores, Wholesale Food Concerns and Insured Financial Institutions"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/subtB-chII-subchC-part278"
sections_count: 10
---

# Part 278 — Participation of Retail Food Stores, Wholesale Food Concerns and Insured Financial Institutions

Title 7 C.F.R. — Agriculture › Subtitle B — Regulations of the Department of Agriculture › Chapter II — Food and Nutrition Administration, Department of Agriculture › Subchapter C — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Food Distribution Program

## Sections

- [§278.1. Approval of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns.](/cfr/7/278.1.md)
- [§278.2. Participation of retail food stores.](/cfr/7/278.2.md)
- [§278.3. Participation of wholesale food concerns.](/cfr/7/278.3.md)
- [§278.4. Procedure for redeeming coupons.](/cfr/7/278.4.md)
- [§278.5. Participation of insured financial institutions.](/cfr/7/278.5.md)
- [§278.6. Disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale food concerns, and imposition of civil money penalties in lieu of disqualifications.](/cfr/7/278.6.md)
- [§278.7. Determination and disposition of claims—retail food stores and wholesale food concerns.](/cfr/7/278.7.md)
- [§278.8. Reserved](/cfr/7/278.8.md)
- [§278.9. Implementation of amendments relating to the participation of retail food stores, wholesale food concerns and insured financial institutions.](/cfr/7/278.9.md)
- [§278.10. Reserved](/cfr/7/278.10.md)