TEFAP provides food assistance to needy Americans through the distribution of USDA commodities. Under TEFAP, commodity foods are made available by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to states for distribution to households for use in preparing meals for home consumption, or to organizations that prepare and provide meals for needy people. Foods are distributed free, but recipients of food for home use must meet program eligibility criteria set by the states.
TEFAP is administered at the Federal level by the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, formerly known as the Food and Consumer Service. State agencies receive the food and supervise overall distribution, but local agencies - usually food banks, shelters, and soup kitchens - are designated by the states to distribute the food.
TEFAP provides food regularly for needy households, and is a separate program from USDA's disaster assistance commodity food program, which provides food for mass feeding and household use of victims of natural disasters.
USDA - Foods Complaint Form
Request for Reimbursement
Household Eligibility Form 11-12
FNS-57 OS&D Form
TEFAP Policy Bulletins
Utah Food Bank
Utahns Against Hunger
USDA - Foods Fact Sheets and Recipes for TEFAP
USDA - Foods Alert System
Recalls.gov
Best If Used By Guidance
TEFAP Civil Rights Training Video
Civil Rights Poster
USDA - TEFAP
American Commodity Distribution Association