According to a study published in the Food Policy journal, researchers found that there is a need for a special food safety regulation for donated food in Australia. Criteria based on food safety standards were developed and applied to 1,217 donated food products. Each product has been examined and evaluated as safe, unsuitable, potentially unsafe or unsafe for human consumption.Approximately 96% of the donated approximately 85,000 kilograms of food were categorized as suitable, while 4% were classified as unsuitable for consumption, potentially unsafe, or unsafe. Scientists stated that not all risks such as microbial contamination can be detected by visual evaluations and that the rate of dangerous foods may be higher.