Grocers AgainstHunger a Philabundance program DONATION HANDLING & STORAGE GUIDELINES Dairy & Eggs Meat & Soy Products Refrigerated Refrigerated Frozen Room Frozen within 24 Frozen within 24 See table below At least 80-90% of the hours of sell-by hours of sell-by Accepted up to temperature YES for guidelines product usable for an date date 60 days after Accepted up to additional 3-7 days after Accepted up to 60 Accepted up to sell-by date 60 days after pick-up days after sell-by 60 days after sell-by date Date coded items.* date sell-by date Damaged or Off odor or discoloration Defrosted Non-food grade Severe Open, Severe freezer burn compromised Mold, fungus, packaging in freezer punctured, NO packaging insects, or Off odor or contact with burn bulging, Off odor significant decay discoloration food Seriously leaking or Bloated package Mold damaged or seriously damaged on Broken or Mold chipped glass *Date coded produce items can be donated past date package Maximize produce when culling donations by using a 3 box system: 1 box for waste/compost 1 box for soft items like berries and bananas 1 box for hard or heavier items like melons and apples HOW MANY DAYS AFTER THE DATE CAN I DONATE DAIRY PRODUCTS & EGGS? 3 9 21 25 60 Fluid dairy (milk, half and half, etc) Cream cheese Butter Frozen butter Eggs Yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese Soft cheese Margarine Frozen cream Pasta salad, potato salad, coleslaw Hard cheese cheese Hummus Shelf stable milk Frozen hard cheese Refrigerated juice, perishable beverages Soy milk
Grocers AgainstHunger a Philabundance program DONATION HANDLING & STORAGE GUIDELINES Dairy & Eggs Meat & Soy Products YES Refrigerated See table below for guidelines Refrigerated At least 80-90% of the product usable for an additional 3-7 days after pick-up Date coded items.* Frozen within 24 hours of sell-by date Accepted up to 60 days after sell-by date Frozen within 24 hours of sell-by date Accepted up to 60 days after sell-by date Frozen Accepted up to 60 days after sell-by date Room temperature Accepted up to 60 days after sell-by date NO Damaged or compromised packaging Off odor or Mold Off odor or discoloration Mold, fungus, insects, or significant decay Defrosted Severe freezer burn Off odor or discoloration Bloated package Non-food grade packaging in contact with food Mold Severe freezer burn Seriously damaged Open, punctured, bulging, leaking or seriously damaged Broken or chipped glass *Date coded produce items can be donated past date on package Maximize produce when culling donations by using a 3 box system: 1 box for waste/compost 1 box for soft items like berries and bananas 1 box for hard or heavier items like melons and apples HOW MANY DAYS AFTER THE DATE CAN I DONATE DAIRY PRODUCTS & EGGS? 3 9 21 25 60 Fluid dairy (milk, half and half, etc) Yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese Pasta salad, potato salad, coleslaw Hummus Refrigerated juice, perishable beverages Soy milk Cream cheese Soft cheese Eggs Butter Margarine Hard cheese Shelf stable milk Frozen butter Frozen cream cheese Frozen hard cheese
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