Food Safety for Food Banks and Food Pantries

A Citizen's Guide to Food Recovery: Food Safety Issues
United States Department of Agriculture.
Provides guidance on receiving and storing donated food.


Cooking for Groups: A Volunteer's Guide to Food Safety
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Provides guidance for volunteers to prepare and serve food safely for large groups such as family reunions, church dinners, or community gatherings, whether prepared at the volunteer's home and brought to the event, or prepared and serve d at the gathering. Includes information on planning, shopping, storing, preparing, transporting, reheating and serving food. March 2001


Donating Foods to Food Pantries and Cupboards
University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
Outlines standards to decide what foods are unsafe to give to food pantries, cupboards and shelters. Addresses cans, glass jars, paperboard cartons, plastic containers, refrigerated foods and frozen foods.


Safe Food for the Hungry
Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service.
Provides links to information sheets on the following topics: perishable food decision tables, checklist for evaluating the safety of donated food, and critical container defects checklist. Also includes links to many posters on topics including food storage, foodborne illness, and safe food preparation.