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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/11/2013 2:04 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:46:33 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
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>>> The problem with buying food from the Club and giving it to the food
>>> bank is I doubt they'd accept already cooked food in styrofoam to-go
>>> containers. Nor in freezer containers. They wouldn't take it because
>>> for all they knew the food could have been sitting in the trunk of my
>>> car for *days*. Thank you for the suggestion, but that wouldn't work.


Such a shame but I do understand


>> Not only is there a storage/contamination issue, but the USDA requires
>> at all food donated to food banks have an ingredient and allergen
>> statement (not that food intolerances and allergies are so
>> fashionable).
>>
>> -sw


Logical I suppose, but I am sure some hungry folk would love it

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