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    • Why the Safe & Healthy Food Pantries Project?
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  • Step 1: Program Assessment
  • Step 2: Strategies
    • A Healthy Food Pantry
      • Stock a Healthy Food Pantry
      • Encourage the Selection of Healthy Food Choices
      • Provide Nutrition Education
      • Tools to Support You
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    • Food Safety in Your Pantry
      • Put Safe Food on the Shelf
      • Transport, Handle, and Store Food Properly
      • When in Doubt, Throw it Out
      • Support Clients in Handling Foods Safely
      • Tools to Support You
      • Resources
  • Step 3: Develop Your Action Plan
  • Step 4: Program Implementation
  • Step 5: Evaluation
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Home » Step 2: Strategies » Food Safety in Your Pantry » When in Doubt, Throw it Out

When in Doubt, Throw it Out

Discard Unsafe Food

Establish standards for sorting food. Discard potentially unsafe food. Sometimes even the best-motivated donors contribute foods that a pantry should not distribute. There may be good food safety reasons to ‘keep or toss’ food that is donated.

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For food safety sake: Keep or toss?

Keep or Toss for Guests

Keep or Toss for Guests – Spanish

Safe and Healthy: Safe handling of fresh fruits and vegetables

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