### Question
What does emergency feeding organization mean?


### Answer
**Emergency feeding organization** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 7501*:

> a public or nonprofit organization that administers activities and projects (including the activities and projects of a charitable institution, a food bank, a food pantry, a hunger relief center, a soup kitchen, or a similar public or private nonprofit eligible recipient agency) providing nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provision of food to needy persons, including low-income and unemployed persons

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 7501*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 102-EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE**

