48 CFR 26.402 - 26.402 Policy.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 48 - Federal Acquisition Regulations System last revised: Jan 28, 2026

View all text of Subpart 26.4 [26.400 - 26.404]

26.402 - 26.402 Policy.

The Government encourages executive agencies and their contractors, to the maximum extent practicable and safe, to donate excess apparently wholesome food to nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure people in the United States.

authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

source: 56 FR 41737, Aug. 22, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 48 CFR 26.402