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Janet

In article >, ost
says...
>
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:46:33 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> 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

Same in the UK; all food donated to foodbanks must be in the original
sealed, unopened commercial package/tin etc; never, leftovers from
restaurants .

Janet UK