VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 6 days agoSupermarkets destroy food if it doesn't sell. We can always feed the world. We just don't.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up11.69Karrow-down118
arrow-up11.68Karrow-down1imageSupermarkets destroy food if it doesn't sell. We can always feed the world. We just don't.discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square153linkfedilink
minus-squareEntertainmeonly (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 days agoAs previously pointed out by another user, if you are talking the US than, the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 shields donated food. It is absolutely a choice not to donate it.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoThat leaves plenty of room to be sued actually. It provides limited liability, not zero liability, and would be put to the test almost immediately.
minus-squareEntertainmeonly (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoIt has not though and it’s been on the law books since the fucking 90s. Get real. If it was going to fail in court it would have already. Stop championing for shitty companies.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoBut we’re in a topic about supermarkets throwing their food away instead of donating it lol Also it wouldn’t “fail” in court because like I said, it is limited liability. It can fine you no liability sometimes, full liability other times. No one is “championing” anything, merely explaining what prevents what is being discussed.
As previously pointed out by another user, if you are talking the US than, the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996 shields donated food. It is absolutely a choice not to donate it.
That leaves plenty of room to be sued actually. It provides limited liability, not zero liability, and would be put to the test almost immediately.
It has not though and it’s been on the law books since the fucking 90s. Get real. If it was going to fail in court it would have already.
Stop championing for shitty companies.
But we’re in a topic about supermarkets throwing their food away instead of donating it lol
Also it wouldn’t “fail” in court because like I said, it is limited liability. It can fine you no liability sometimes, full liability other times.
No one is “championing” anything, merely explaining what prevents what is being discussed.