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S. 5329

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An Act To amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.
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Enacted
Latest Action · January 5, 2023
Became Public Law No: 117-362.
Congress
117th (2021–2023)
Introduced
December 20, 2022
Cosponsors (0)
None
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This act expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products. Specifically, the act 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, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing the food or product; or that is donated directly to a needy individual at zero cost by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, agricultural processor, agricultural distributor, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.

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