My contact there was kind enough to investigate for me and then told me that the USDA had apparently revised its policy and that «districts may now release leftover food to charitable
nonprofit organizations under the following conditions...» I've attached these conditions in a Word document here but to summarize, a district has to (1) take care not to create waste in the
first place by over-ordering; (2) be sure that health codes are followed, and (3) enter into what looks like a pretty standard written agreement with the
charity.
In a new filing to the IRS — adding to an active investigation prompted by a 2012 complaint that ALEC is operating as a corporate lobbying group while registered as a 501 (c)(3)
nonprofit charity — the watchdog organizations detail for the
first time how Exxon has used ALEC as a key asset in its explicit campaign to sow uncertainty about climate science, undermine international climate treaties and block legislation to reduce emissions.