HB 1711 Modifies provisions relating to the liability for distribution of donated shelf stable food

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Current Bill Summary

- Prepared by Senate Research -

HCS/HB 1711 - This act defines shelf stable as any food that can be safely stored in a sealed package at room temperature for a usefully long shelf life, including normally refrigerated foods that have been processed by heat or dried to destroy foodborne microorganisms. This act protects a good faith donor from criminal or civil liability arising from an injury or death due to shelf stable food. Additionally, shelf stable packaged venison shall not subject a good faith donor or charitable or not-for-profit organization to liability if such food was received in good faith.

This act is substantially similar to a provision in HCS/SCS/SB 662 (2020).

KATIE O'BRIEN

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