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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by OldHand2018 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:40PM (#23341604)
In the US, the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act of 1996 eliminates the liability of grocery stores from donating or allowing people to "glean" food that it no longer can sell. If you know of a store that is destroying this type of food, please let them know that they can donate it without worrying about getting sued.
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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by jgwil2 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:51PM (#23341757)
Yep, generally if you find food on the shelf that has past its sell-by date, they will give it to you for free.
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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by Mirioron on Friday May 29, 2020 @02:51AM (#23346970)
It does underline the point though. A law had to be made almost 25 years ago to prevent this with food and people are still worried. Doesn't paint a rosy picture for everything else.
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Re:Uber is destroying thousands of electric bikes and scoote... by Dylan16807 on Monday June 01, 2020 @05:12AM (#23376612)
It depends on how things got there. If the law was made because of unjustified paranoia, to settle it, then you can't use the existence of that law as justification for the paranoia.
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