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Operation Food Search seeks both perishable and non-perishable food items for distribution to our partner agencies. Food manufacturers, distributors, processors, retailers or anyone who has food or non-food grocery products can donate. Unfortunately we are unable to accept food that is prepared at home. However, we are able to accept food from your professionally catered events.
Operation Food Search works with more than 800 donors to secure surplus food and household necessities. Most donations are tax deductible and may be eligible for Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credits.
Donations are protected by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act passed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.
- 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.
- It standardizes donor liability exposure. You and your legal counsel no longer have to investigate liability laws in 50 states.
- It sets a liability floor of "gross negligence" or intentional misconduct for persons who donate grocery products. Gross negligence is defined as "voluntary and conscious conduct by a person with knowledge (at the time of conduct) that the conduct is likely to be harmful to the health and well-being of another person."
- Congress recognized that the provision of food close to the date of recommended retail sale is, in and of itself, not grounds for finding gross negligence. For example, you can donate cereal marked close to code date for retail sale.
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