Donating, distributing and receiving food that is safe and wholesome is everyone’s goal. Do you know which foods can and can’t be donated? Do you know which red flags mean food must be rejected? Do you know how to prepare and to store food, so it is safe to eat?
Please note:
Always contact the site directly if interested in donating. All donated food must be sealed or non-opened, safe to eat. Prepared food and meals must be from a licensed and inspected commercial kitchen.
Here are refresher food safety tips for those in every step of food sharing.
For People Making Donations
8 Tips for Donating Food to Food Banks and Pantries from UNH Extension
https://extension.unh.edu/resource/8-tips-donating-food-food-banks-and-pantries
Do You Know the Four Home Food Safety Basics and Beyond? from UNH Extension
https://extension.unh.edu/blog/do-you-know-four-home-food-safety-basics-and-beyond
Share the Harvest - Hunt for the Hungry
https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/hunting/hunt-for-hungry.html
Federal Law: The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
https://www.foodtodonate.com/legal-liabilities
For Clients Taking Home Pantry Food
Tips for Visiting a Food Pantry from South Dakota Extension
https://extension.sdstate.edu/tips-visiting-food-pantry
Do You Know the Four Home Food Safety Basics and Beyond? from UNH Extension
https://extension.unh.edu/blog/do-you-know-four-home-food-safety-basics-and-beyond
For Pantry Staff
COVID-19 Guidance for Food Pantries - Nashua Division of Public Health and Community Services
Food Safety in Your Food Pantry from University of Wisconsin- Madison Extension
https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/safehealthypantries/step-2-strategies/food-safety-in-your-pantry/
Food Safety Food Pantries and Food Banks Presentations from North Carolina State University Extension
https://foodsafety.ces.ncsu.edu/community-food-safety-resources/food-pantries-and-food-banks/
Comprehensive Guidelines for Food Recovery Programs from the Conference for Food Protection
http://www.foodprotect.org/media/guide/Food-Recovery-Final2007.pdf
Federal Law: The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
https://www.foodtodonate.com/legal-liabilities
SAFE for Food Pantries Class Series for 2023
https://extension.unh.edu/blog/2023/01/safe-food-pantries-class-series-2023
