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Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019

Introduced: December 19, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Dec 19, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Dec 19, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019

This bill expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products.

Specifically, the bill expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food:

  • for which the recipient receives at zero cost or is charged a good Samaritan reduced price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, and distributing the product; or
  • that is donated directly to a needy individual by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.

The Department of Agriculture must issue regulations that clarify the quality and labeling standards that food products donated under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act must meet to be eligible for liability protection.

What's happening now December 19, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Sep 8, 2020
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Dec 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3141: Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3141/
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