food safety
we take food safety very seriously
We only accept food from licensed food businesses, such as distributors, hotels, convention centers, sports venues and caterers, which have agreed to follow our guidelines.
Our delivery vans are refrigerated to keep food at safe temperatures throughout the year.
Our drivers are certified in safe food handling and will reject any food donation that doesn't meet our standards.
Our charity recipients have met our food handling and storage requirements, and have agreed to follow our guidelines.
liability
food donors are protected from liability
In the past, some food establishments were reluctant to participate in food donation because they feared litigation. With the needs so great and billions of pounds of food getting wasted every year, the Federal Government passed legislation to encourage food donation and protect food donors from liability, when they donate in good faith, to nonprofits like Second Servings.
Federal Law: The "Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act" of 1996 shields food donors from civil and criminal liability, except in cases of gross negligence or intentional misconduct.