Bill Text: FL S1422 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Food Recovery

Spectrum:

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-08 - Died on Calendar [S1422 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S1422-Comm_Sub.html
       Florida Senate - 2024                             CS for SB 1422
       
       
        
       By the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government; and Senators Burgess and Rouson
       
       
       
       
       601-03261-24                                          20241422c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to food recovery; amending s. 595.420,
    3         F.S.; defining terms; directing the Department of
    4         Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to
    5         legislative appropriation, to implement a program to
    6         provide incentives to food producers to sell high
    7         quality fresh food products to food recovery entities
    8         at a discounted price; providing a goal for the
    9         program; requiring food recovery entities to negotiate
   10         with food producers; providing shipping requirements;
   11         requiring the department to reimburse food recovery
   12         entities for certain costs; providing reimbursement
   13         invoice requirements; requiring the department to
   14         submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by
   15         specified dates; providing requirements for the
   16         report; requiring the department to adopt rules;
   17         providing an effective date.
   18          
   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   20  
   21         Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 595.420,
   22  Florida Statutes, to read:
   23         595.420 Food recovery; legislative intent; department
   24  functions.—
   25         (8)(a)As used in this subsection, the term:
   26         1.“Current wholesale market price” means the wholesale
   27  market price for each fresh food product on an invoice dated at
   28  the closest shipping point, as reported by the United States
   29  Department of Agriculture’s USDA Market News.
   30         2.“Discounted price” means a price for fresh food products
   31  sold by each food producer at a price that is at least 50
   32  percent below the current wholesale market price.
   33         3.“Food producer” means an agricultural company that
   34  produces fresh food products in this state or the company’s
   35  associated shipper.
   36         4.“Food recovery entity” means a nonprofit association
   37  engaged in food recovery and distribution which has been in
   38  operation in this state for at least 10 years and has received a
   39  minimum of 10 million pounds of perishable produce annually
   40  within the last 3 years.
   41         5.“Fresh food products” includes fresh fruits, vegetables,
   42  proteins, poultry, eggs, and dairy that are produced in this
   43  state by a food producer.
   44         6.“High-quality fresh food products” means fresh food
   45  products that meet United States Department of Agriculture
   46  commodity standards and grades upon delivery to their final
   47  destination.
   48         (b)Subject to legislative appropriation, the department
   49  shall implement a program to provide incentives to food
   50  producers to sell high-quality fresh food products to food
   51  recovery entities in this state at a discounted price. The goal
   52  of the program is to reduce human hunger in this state.
   53         (c)A food recovery entity shall negotiate with a food
   54  producer to pay discounted prices for the producer’s fresh food
   55  products. Any invoice, bill of lading, or other document
   56  provided by the food producer to the food recovery entity must
   57  include the harvest or processing date, the current wholesale
   58  market price of each product purchased, and the shipping
   59  destination.
   60         (d)A food recovery entity may reject any product that
   61  fails to meet the entity’s food quality standards.
   62         (e)The department shall reimburse a food recovery entity
   63  for each negotiated purchase of fresh food products produced,
   64  purchased, and distributed in this state. To receive a
   65  reimbursement, a food recovery entity must:
   66         1.Certify in writing to the department that all of the
   67  fresh food products on an invoice meet the food recovery
   68  entity’s food quality standards and that the fresh food products
   69  received will not be sold at wholesale, retail, or secondary
   70  markets for monetary gain; and
   71         2.Submit the invoice and any other documents provided by
   72  the food producer to the department. The invoice must include
   73  all of the following information:
   74         a.Shipment date.
   75         b.Shipment location, by shipper and city.
   76         c.Each fresh food product purchased at the discounted
   77  price.
   78         d.Total number of packages shipped and the price of each
   79  product.
   80         e.Total price paid for each product.
   81         f.Total invoice price paid.
   82         g.Total pounds shipped, as determined by measured weight.
   83         (f)The department shall also reimburse a food recovery
   84  entity for delivery and distribution costs in an amount equal to
   85  2 cents per pound of fresh food products shipped, as indicated
   86  by invoice.
   87         (g)The department shall submit a report on the program to
   88  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   89  the House of Representatives by January 1, 2025, and shall
   90  submit an updated report by January 1, 2026. The reports must
   91  include an itemized list of all of the following:
   92         1.Each fresh food product by package size, the total
   93  number of packages, and the average price paid per package.
   94         2.The total weight in pounds of each fresh food product
   95  type, the price paid per pound for each fresh food product type,
   96  and the total spent per fresh food product type.
   97         3.The total amount spent and the total amount spent per
   98  major fresh food product.
   99         (h)The department shall adopt rules to implement this
  100  subsection.
  101         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

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