CFN on the Road to Accreditation: Food Banks Canada’s Standards of Excellence

LAST UPDATED - JUNE 22, 2025

cfn ON THE ROAD TO ACCREDITATION: Food Banks Canada’s Standards of Excellence

CFN was awarded a Standards of Excellence Grant from Food Banks Canada! With the support of the grant, we were able to make the following upgrades:

New hand wash station

Installed at the Highlands East Food Hub. Pictured with CFN Volunteer, Linda.

new pallet scale

In use at the Highlands East Food Hub. Pictured with CFN Volunteer, Murray.

These are all critical steps on the road to accreditation. Thank you, Food Banks Canada, for the support!

Food Banks Canada’s Standards of Excellence

What are the standards of excellence? Below is a high level overview from the Food Banks Canada website. To learn more, visit the link the below.

Designed as a baseline set of standards to which the food banking network holds itself accountable, the Standards of Excellence program provides a framework for food banks to identify opportunities for innovation and performance improvements in the areas of:

• Client Service and Care
• Food Operations
• Safe Food Handling
• And More!

The standards also reflect the food banking network’s thought leadership and commitment to continually enhance our collective capabilities to relieve hunger today and prevent hunger tomorrow.

Learn more about Food Banks Canada’s Standards of Excellence​:

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a team effort

We are so grateful to all our volunteers and staff who are leading the efforts to achieve accreditation! Thank you for all your time, effort and ingenuity. 

More information to come!