{"id":1038,"date":"2025-11-06T15:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/?page_id=1038"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:45:48","slug":"nj-food-donation-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/home\/nj-food-donation-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Food Donation Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rutgers Food Waste Team partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/sharemymeals.org\/\">Share My Meals<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/mealrecoverycoalition.org\/\">Meal Recovery Coalition<\/a> (a statewide alliance working to make meal recovery a standard part of New Jersey\u2019s food system), to publish the New Jersey Food Donation Guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>More than 15 partners representing public health, academia, food service, nonprofit recovery organizations, and government agencies collaborated to develop and publish their guidelines with the goal of increasing safe food donation across New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the image below to access the New Jersey Food Donation Guidelines:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mealrecoverycoalition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/mealrecoverycoalition.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines.pdf noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1055 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-Image-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"1st page of NJ Food Donation Guidelines\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-Image-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-Image-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-Image-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-Image-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-Image-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/food-waste\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/667\/2025\/11\/NJ-Food-Donation-Guidelines-Image.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rutgers Food Waste Team partnered with Share My Meals and the Meal Recovery Coalition (a statewide alliance working to make meal recovery a standard part of New Jersey\u2019s food &hellip; 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