But does it protect a company who is throwing out food that someone then eats? They aren’t a good Samaritan in that case.
And even if it’s lawful federally, they may run against local ordinances.
And even if every single thing is above board, that still doesn’t stop them from getting sued. It just means they’d win. But legal costs being what they are, it’s probably cheaper to just run off anybody who might be litigious before something can happen.
If you’re pulling it from a dumpster, no judge in their right mind would opt to hear an argument about how the people who threw it IN A DUMPSTER are at fault for someone getting sick. Regardless of if the food were that off or not, dumpsters themselves are hardly hygienic…
But does it protect a company who is throwing out food that someone then eats? They aren’t a good Samaritan in that case.
And even if it’s lawful federally, they may run against local ordinances.
And even if every single thing is above board, that still doesn’t stop them from getting sued. It just means they’d win. But legal costs being what they are, it’s probably cheaper to just run off anybody who might be litigious before something can happen.
If you’re pulling it from a dumpster, no judge in their right mind would opt to hear an argument about how the people who threw it IN A DUMPSTER are at fault for someone getting sick. Regardless of if the food were that off or not, dumpsters themselves are hardly hygienic…