Food safety for donations

Issue brief

• Promoting food donation: Food safety for donation law and policy

• Informe temático de promoción de la donación de alimentos: Leyes y políticas sobre inocuidad de los alimentos destinados a la donación

Best practices

• India—Regulation: Food Safety and Standards (Recovery and Distribution of Surplus Food) Regulation (English starts on page 5), 2019, issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

• United Kingdom—Guidance: Food safety for community cooking and food banks, issued by UK Food Standards Agency

• Singapore—Guidance: Guidelines on Food Donation, issued by National Environment Agency (NEA)

Webinar synopsis

Date labeling

Issue brief

• Promoting food donation: Date labeling law and policy

• Informe sobre la promoción de la donación de alimentos: Ley y política de etiquetado de fechas

Best practices

• United Kingdom—Guidance: “Label better, less waste” labeling guidance, issued by Waste Resources and Action Programme (WRAP) in partnership with UK Food Standards Agency and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

  • Best practice on food date labelling and storage advice

  • Food date labelling guidance checklist

  • Surplus food redistribution labelling guidance

• Global—Guidance: General standard for the labelling of prepackaged foods, revised 2018, issued by Codex Alimentarius, International Food Standards, World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Webinar synopsis

The Impact of Date Labels on Food Waste, Food Recovery, and Donation

Liability protection for food donations

Issue brief

• Promoting food donation: Liability protection law and policy

• Informe sobre la promoción de la donación de alimentos: Ley y política de protección de la responsabilidad

Best practices

• United States—Law: The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S. Code § 1791), 1995

• Argentina—Law: Food Donation Law (Law No. 25989), 2004

Webinar synopsis

Exploring the Role of Liability Protection in Facilitating Increased Food Donation

Tax incentives and tax barriers

Issue brief

• Promoting food donation: Tax law and policy

• Promoviendo la donación de alimentos: Ley de impuesto y política

Best practices

• Colombia—Law: National Tax Statute (Becas por Impuestos), Art. 257-1
  

Donation requirements or food waste penalties

Issue brief

• Promoting food donation: Food waste deterrence policies

• Informe para promover la donación de alimentos: Políticas de disuasión del desperdicio de alimentos

Best practices

• Peru—Law: Food Donation Law (Ley No. 30498, Ley Que Promueve La Donación de Alimentos y Facilita el Transporte de Donaciónes en Situaciones de Desastres Naturales), 2016

Webinar synopsis

• Waste Bans Penalties
  

National law or policy on food waste

Best practices

• Australia—Strategy: National Food Waste Strategy, 2017, published by Commonwealth of Australia; accompanying National Food Waste Strategy Feasibility Study, 2021, Food and Agribusiness Growth Center (FIAL)

• Colombia—Law: Law 1990/2019, Policy to Prevent Food Loss and Waste (por medio de la cual se crea la política para prevenir la pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos y se dictan otras disposiciones), 2019

General best practices

Issue briefs

• Global Food Donation Policy Best Practices: 2023 G20 Focus
  

• Strengthening food donation operations during COVID-19: Key issues and best practices for governments around the globe (August 2021 update)
  

• Strengthening food donation operations during COVID-19: Key issues and best practices for governments around the globe (June 2020)
  

Webinar synopsis

Exploring Global Policy Solutions to Increase Food Donation and Support Food Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond