Definition: grocery product from 42 USC § 1791(b)(6) | LII (2024)

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Definition: grocery product from 42 USC § 1791(b)(6) | LII? ›

(6) Grocery product

Text read as follows: “A person or gleaner 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 person or gleaner donates in good faith to a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to ...

AB 1219 also extends protections to good faith donors, for example, the bill provides protections for those who donate food directly to individuals, which can help to enable the timely use of perishable food as well as make smaller quantity donations more efficient.

Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act

The Bill Emerson Food Donation Act establishes Federal protection from civil and criminal liability for persons involved in the donation and distribution of food and grocery products to needy individuals when certain criteria are met.

The Good Samaritan Food Donation Bill, which was tabled by Member of Parliament (MP) Louis Ng (PAP-Nee Soon), will protect donors from criminal or civil liability for any death or personal injury resulting from consuming donated food, provided certain conditions to ensure food safety and hygiene are met.

Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, you may sue state or local officials for the “deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and [federal laws].” Under Bivens v.

Title VI, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., was enacted as part of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.

For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2022, current state law allows the Agriculture Product Donations Credit equal to 15 percent of the qualified value of the qualified donation of fresh fruits or fresh vegetables and other specified agricultural products or processed foods.

The Good Samaritan law in California protects people who help others during emergencies from legal consequences in case of unintentional errors that might occur while providing aid. However, this protection has limitations. It only covers aid you perform in good faith.

Senate Bill 1383 and Food Recovery

The law directs the following: Jurisdictions must establish food recovery programs and strengthen their existing food recovery networks. Food donors must arrange to recover the maximum amount of their edible food that would otherwise go to landfills.

What does it mean when a donation is protected? ›

Donations are protected by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act passed in 1996. This law protects you from liability when you donate to a non-profit organization. It protects you from civil and criminal liability should the product donated in good faith later cause harm to the needy recipient.

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act requires States to adopt legislation to protect those who donate food in good faith from civil or criminal liability should such donated food later cause harm to recipients. It does not provide such protections in in- stances of gross negligence or intentional harm.

Good Samaritan law: A law designed to protect a Good Samaritan from legal liability. Such laws usually specify that whoever in good faith provides emergency (and sometimes non-emergency) medical services shall not be civilly liable unless their acts constitute wanton misconduct.

While it provides legal immunity for reasonable actions taken to assist in an emergency, it does not shield against actions that go beyond ordinary negligence or involve deliberate harm.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia have some form of the Good Samaritan law.

Typically, Good Samaritan laws provide immunity from civil damages for personal injuries, even including death, that result from ordinary negligence. They do not, for the most part, protect against allegations of gross negligence. For example, say you witness an individual in cardiac arrest in a restaurant.

1791. As used in this chapter: (a) "Consumer goods" means any new product or part thereof that is used, bought, or leased for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, except for clothing and consumables. "Consumer goods" shall include new and used assistive devices sold at retail.

Title 42 of the United States Code is the United States Code dealing with public health, social welfare, and civil rights. Parts of Title 42 which formerly related to the US space program have been transferred to Title 51.

A Title 42 expulsion is the removal by the U.S. government of a person who had recently been in a country where a communicable disease was present. The extent of authority for contagion-related expulsions is set out by law in 42 U.S.C. § 265.

Section 1983 provides an individual the right to sue state government employees and others acting "under color of state law" for civil rights violations. Section 1983 does not provide civil rights; it is a means to enforce civil rights that already exist.