The preconditions for the activities in the Norwegian Food Bank is that donated food shall not be packed or repacked or relabelled, making other regulations less relevant for the operation of the Food Bank. As the food will not be distributed and sold under new labels as "frozen food", the spesific regulations about freezing of food (EU regulation on freezing of food) will be irrelevant. All food labelled with "use by date" must be frozen before this date has passed, keeping all original informations on the product. Products labelled with "best before date" have no limit on the date for freezing.