The California State Agency for Donated Food Distribution is authorized and directed to cooperate with the federal government and its agencies in securing the expeditious and equitable distribution of surplus food commodities donated by the federal government to public agencies, institutions, and organizations in California, to assist those public agencies, institutions, and organizations in securing those food commodities and to do all things necessary to the execution of its powers and duties.

The state agency may enter into cooperative agreements with federal agencies to assist it in carrying out the purposes of this article.