Submitted on Sunday 6th November 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 30th November 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce a "Good Samaritan law" for food donations to encourage more donations
Introduce a "Good Samaritan law" for food donations to protect businesses and individuals from legal action if someone falls ill from a donation. Also, encourage businesses to donate excess product to food banks and/or give them away to shoppers, and penalise the binning of perfectly good food.
According to The Grocer, 100,000 tonnes of edible food from the UK’s retail and food manufacturing sector is wasted every year; that's equivalent to 250 million meals going uneaten.
Some retailers are apprehensive about donating food for fear of legal action if someone falls ill, so they instead throw perfectly good food in their bins.
This should not be considered acceptable - especially during a cost-of-living crisis - taking action here could improve the lives of thousands of households.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/627879
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