Reading Room Document

Preemptive Effect of the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act preempts state "good Samaritan" statutes that provide less protection from civil and criminal liability arising from food donated in good faith for distribution to the needy than the Act provides. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19846/download.

March 10, 1997