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Why aquaponics may be the future of urban farming, and one solution to our local food problem.
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Nice work on these new GOOD video shorts. Your food waste piece was also very compelling.
@Mariana,
Thanks for your comments. You are right that it was formerly a risky proposition for restaurants to donate edible food to charities, nonprofits etc because of the liability they could incur from foodborne illness. In good news, a law was passed under Clinton in 1996 called the GOOD SAMARITAN FOOD DONATION ACT which made it much easier for food donations without the risk of lawsuit as long as they (restaurants, grocers etc) act in good faith that the food being donated is apparently wholesome. (Below is a section of the bill that deals with the details of said liability.)
(c)LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES FROM DONATED FOOD AND GROCERY PRODUCTS. - A personor gleaner shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability arising fromthe nature, age, packaging, or condition of apparently wholesome food or anapparently fit grocery product that the person or gleaner donates in good faithto a nonprofit organization for ultimate distribution to needy individuals,except that this paragraph shall not apply to an injury to or death of anultimate user or recipient of the food or grocery product that results from anact or omission of the donor constituting gross negligence or intentionalmisconduct.
(d) COLLECTION OR GLEANING OF DONATIONS.%u2014A person who allows thecollection or gleaning of donations on property owned or occupied by the personby gleaners, or paid or unpaid representatives of a nonprofit organization, forultimate distribution to needy individuals shall not be subject to civil orcriminal liability that arises due to the injury of death of the gleaner orrepresentative, except that this paragraph shall not apply to an injury or deaththat results from an act or omission of the person constituting gross negligenceor intentional misconduct.
(e) PARTIAL COMPLIANCE.%u2014If some or all of the donated food and groceryproducts do not meet all quality and labeling standards imposed by Federal,State, and local laws and regulations, the person or gleaner who donates thefood and grocery products shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability inaccordance with this section if the nonprofit organization that receives thedonated food or grocery products-(1) is informed by the donor of thedistressed or defective condition of the donated food or grocery products;
(2)agrees to recondition the donated food or grocery products to comply with allthe quality and labeling standards prior to distribution; and
(3) isknowledgeable of the standards to properly recondition the donated food orgrocery product.
