Section 8: guidelines for accepting food donations
Ensure that foods and beverages donated to your Student Nutrition Program (SNP) are:
- found in the serve category in the food and beverage choice tables.
- from certified safe sources such as grocery stores, wholesalers and distributors, inspected food services (for example, caterers), community food hubs and approved farms or farmer鈥檚 markets.
- handled, transported and stored using safe food handling practices.
- in their original containers, with no broken seals.
- without conditions, such as marketing, advertising of products, or distribution of materials (for example, toys, posters).
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Updated: February 02, 2024
Published: July 15, 2021