Houston Food Bank up to normal operations, but hasn’t yet recouped losses from ammonia leak

When a fan in the refrigeration system broke at the Houston Food Bank, it sliced into a evaporator cell and cut a line of ammonia, spilling the chemical throughout the 20,000-square-foot refrigerated space. The food bank ended up having to throw away 1.8 million pounds, or 62 tractor trailer loads, of food in the weeks just ahead of Thanksgiving.

Brian Greene, president and CEO of the food bank, said that the nonprofit couldn’t meet its delivery commitments the day of the accident, save for after-school…