At an initial round table meeting with Council of Agriculture Ministers in November 2008, seven Member States forming a blocking minority (Germany, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic and Latvia) opposed the Commission proposal, arguing that the distribution of food should be funded via national social programmes rather than the CAP budget (and therefore calling for a change in the legal basis).
Latvijā programmas ietvaros trūcīgākajām personām tiek izdalīti tādi produkti kā auzu un četrgraudu pārslas, makaroni, milti un vājpiena pulveris.