48 CFR § 26.402 - 26.402 Policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s26.402"
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title: "48 CFR § 26.402 - 26.402   Policy."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "26.402"
section_name: "26.402   Policy."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
part_number: "26"
part_name: "OTHER SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 41737, Aug. 22, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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.