Education Code § 49581

ARTICLE 13. Food Recovery Program

Current as of September 28, 2026Ed. Code, § 49581Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 285, Sec. 1. (SB 557) Effective January 1, 2018.

The department shall update its guidance on the donation of leftover food to allow a public school cafeteria to donate food to a food bank or to any other nonprofit charitable organization for distribution to persons free of charge or to make leftover food available to pupils during the course of a regular school meal time that is consistent with Section 114079 of the Health and Safety Code.