TITLE 21
Food And Drugs
CHAPTER 21-34
Food Donations
SECTION 21-34-1
§ 21-34-1 Immunity from liability for food
donors.
A person, or organization including, but not limited to, a farmer, a processor,
distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of food, or restaurant, or accredited
culinary arts school, who in good faith donates food, including surplus,
prepared food that has been maintained at a safe temperature, which appears to
be fit for human consumption at the time it is donated to a bona fide
charitable or nonprofit organization for the use or distribution to the needy
shall not be liable for civil damages or criminal penalties for any injury or
illness resulting from the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the donated
food unless the injury or illness is a direct result of the intentional
misconduct or recklessness of the donor.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1981, ch. 386, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 364, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch.
385, § 1.)
