Laws/Regulations

• 7 CFR Part 250: Donation of Foods for Use in the United States, Its Territories and Possessions and Areas Under Its Jurisdiction
• Final Rule: Management of Donated Foods in Child Nutrition Programs, the Nutrition Services Incentive Program, and Charitable Institutions (73 FR 46169)
• Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
• Nondiscrimination Statements: USDA and CSDE (CSDE webpage)

USDA Foods Policy Memos

• USDA Memo FD-107: Donated Food Storage, Distribution, and Product Dating (November 21, 2017)
• USDA Memo FD-104: Value of USDA Donated Foods for Audits (January 19, 2010)
• USDA Memo FD-080: Guidance in Crediting for, and Use of Donated Foods in Contracts with Food Service Management Companie (January 25, 2011)
• USDA Memo FD-067 and SP15-2010: School Food Authorities Acting as a Collective Unit in the Control and Use of Donated Foods (Revised) (January 19, 2010)
• USDA Memo FD-066: Continuation of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Assistance During a Human Pandemic (Revised) (August 31, 2009)
• USDA Memo FD-023: Accounting for Donated Foods in Cost-Reimbursable Contracts Between School Food Authorities and Food Service Management Companies (February 25, 2004)
• USDA Memo FD-020: Single Inventory and Related Commodity Issues—Clarification of Regulatory Changes and Other Guidance (May 23, 2003)
• USDA Memo SP 05-2011: Further Clarification in Crediting for, and Use of, Donated Foods in Contracts with Food Service Management Companies (includes Food Distribution Policy Memo FD-110: Clarification in Crediting for, and Use of, Donated Foods in Contracts with Food Service Management Companies-First and Final Contract Years)
• USDA Memo SP 44-2009: Guidance in Crediting for and Use of Donated Foods in Contracts with Food Service Management Companies
• USDA Memo Irradiation Requirements in "The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004" (July 23, 2004)