Overview

• “DESTROY” stickers were affixed to hundreds of cases—about 15,000 pounds—of U.S.-branded food aid that expired after months in Mana Nutrition’s Pooler, Georgia warehouse.
• A separate $50 million supply of ready-to-ship peanut paste remains stuck in the same facility, awaiting new approvals from the State Department.
• In January, President Trump’s executive order dissolved USAID and transferred foreign aid authority to State, triggering contract freezes and bureaucratic holds.
• This marks the third recent episode in which U.S.-funded nutrition and family planning assistance has been marked for destruction rather than delivered abroad.
• Aid organizations warn that stalled shipments and expiring stocks are exacerbating acute food insecurity for millions in crisis zones like Sudan.