Register your charity to prepare and serve food to those in need

• Give food to people for charitable reasons, without any commercial intent.
• Are considered by law to be different from regular food facilities, like restaurants.

In California, charitable food operations are not considered regular food establishments. This is according to the Retail Food Code.

• Working with only certain types of safe food
• Following specific guidelines, especially if you're not using a full commercial kitchen
• Follow best management practices from the health department