2009 House Bill 5612

Provide liability waiver for food donations

Introduced in the House

Dec. 1, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Jase Bolger (R-63)

To establish that a food retailer, food service provider, processor, farm, etc., who donates food to a nonprofit charity, and the charity itself, are immune from civil damages or criminal liability resulting from the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the food unless they knew or had reasonable grounds to know the food was adulterated or not fit for human consumption.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary