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Home » US Law » 2021 New Mexico Statutes » Chapter 41 - Torts » Article 10 - Food Donors Liability

Section 41-10-1 – Short title.

This act [41-10-1 to 41-10-3 and 41-10-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Food Donors Liability Act”. History: Laws 1981, ch. 100, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — “This act” refers to Laws 1981, ch. 100, §§ 1 through 3. Laws 1993, ch. 133, § 1 enacted a new section of the Food Donors […]

Section 41-10-2 – Definitions.

As used in the Food Donors Liability Act: A. “canned food” means any food commercially processed and prepared for human consumption; B. “gleaner” means any person who harvests for free distribution any part or all of an agricultural crop that has been donated by the owner; C. “nonprofit organization” means any organization which was organized […]

Section 41-10-3 – Food donors liability protection; purpose; donors or distributors of canned or perishable food; limit on liability for injury.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who donates food in good faith, including the good-faith donor of any perishable or canned food, apparently fit for human consumption, to a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization or municipality for free distribution or a gleaner of any perishable food, apparently fit for human consumption, […]

Section 41-10-5 – Donated game meat products.

A. Wild game meat products may be donated by hunters, taken to a commercial meat processor for preparation and delivery to charitable, religious or other nonprofit organizations and served for human consumption at no charge if transported, stored and processed according to procedures established by the department of environment. B. For purposes of this section, […]