S 3141
116th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Charitable contributions
Civil actions and liability
Department of Agriculture
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Retail and wholesale trades
Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019
Introduced: December 19, 2019
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To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Dec 19, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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