Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 1791) is amended—(1)in subsection (b)—(A)in paragraph (3), by inserting or is charged a good Samaritan reduced price before the period at the end;(B)by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively;(C)by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

(6)

Good Samaritan reduced price

The term good Samaritan reduced price means, with respect to the price of an apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery product, a price that is an amount not greater than the cost of handling, administering, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing the apparently wholesome food or apparently fit grocery product.

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(D)by adding at the end the following:

(12)

Qualified direct donor

The term qualified direct donor means a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, agricultural processor, agricultural distributor, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)).

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(2)in subsection (c)—(A)in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting at zero cost or at a good Samaritan reduced price after needy individuals each place it appears;(B)by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);(C)by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

(3)

Direct donations to needy individuals

A qualified direct donor shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising from the nature, age, packaging, or condition of apparently wholesome food or an apparently fit grocery product that the qualified direct donor donates in good faith to a needy individual at zero cost.

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(D)in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking and (2) and inserting , (2), and (3).