Sentences with phrase «samaritan food donation»

Schools can donate extra food thanks to the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (excluding self - serve foods from salad bars).

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. § 1791) encourages food donations by providing liability protections for businesses that donate «apparently wholesome» food in «good faith» to nonprofit organizations.

Corporate donors are protected from liability under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (PDF).

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act partially preempts state liability laws by creating a uniform minimum liability protection for certain parties participating in particular activities related to food recovery and food distribution to the needy.

88 The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act converted Title IV of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, known as the Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, into permanent law, and transferred it to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

90 Congress did so with the express purpose of «encouraging the donation of food and grocery products to nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy individuals by giving the Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act the full force and effect of law.»

The presentations include information on the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, liability protection for food donation, the food recovery hierarchy, and innovative ways to keep retailer food waste out of landfills.

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act removes the risk of liability associated with food and grocery item donation and makes food donation a viable and beneficial business practice.

Congress first attempted to address food donation - related liability concerns in 1990 by passing the Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, hoping States would adopt it in order to protect donors.

The Federal Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protects the donor and the recipient agency against liability, excepting only gross negligence and / or intentional misconduct.

Not exact matches

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act was passed in 1996 and protects everyone in the food donation cycle, except in cases of gross negligence.

The Act's implied preemption power does not mean that states can not develop their own «Good Samaritan» laws that protect those involved in food donation activities and encourage food donation.

110 President Clinton agreed, observing in his signing statement for the Bill Emerson Act that «[a] lthough many States have enacted their own «Good Samaritan» laws to support food recovery and donation efforts, many businesses have advised that these varying State statutes hinder food donations.»