All FoodStream portal users should review the following safety and nutrition documents prior to connecting with resources. FoodStream does not store, transport, examine, or maintain any liability for any food-related issues.
- Food suppliers must let recipients know if an item contains or has come into contact with any of the following allergens: milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish (e.g. crab, lobster, shrimp), tree nuts (e.g. almonds, walnuts, pecans), peanuts, wheat, soy, and sesame.
- All food supplied (brought or donated) should be monitored for food safety standards in storage, packaging, transit, and receiving.
- Supplied food must be held and stored within food safe temperatures.
- FoodStream portal users should familiarize themselves with packaged food codes and dates and should list them in item description.
- New York City provides free food safety classes for community kitchen workers.
- FoodStream portal users should not supply or accept food that is unsafe or of poor quality.
- Food suppliers are protected by Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996.
- Any Recipient organization receiving funding from New York City agencies should follow the New York City Food Standards.
- For more information on receiving and donating healthy food see the NYC Health Department’s resources for Healthy Food Donations.
- To learn more about healthy food go to nyc.gov/health and search “healthy eating workshops” and “nutrition tips”.