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S 3281 117th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food

Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021

Introduced: November 30, 2021 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Nov 30, 2021
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Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021

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 is charged a good Samaritan reduced price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, and distributing the food or 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 November 30, 2021

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 5329 Related bill A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.
  • HR 6251 Identical bill Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 27, 2022
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · May 16, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3281: Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3281/
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"S. 3281: Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3281/.
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S. 3281, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3281/.
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