A. Food recovery organizations collecting or receiving edible food directly from commercial edible food generators, via a contract under 14 C.C.R. § 18991.3(b), shall maintain the following records:
1. The name, address, and contact information of each commercial edible food generator from which the organization receives edible food.
2. The quantity of food, measured in pounds per month, received from each commercial edible food generator.
3. The name, address, and contact information of each food recovery service from which the organization receives edible food for food recovery.
B. Food recovery services collecting or receiving edible food directly from commercial edible food generators, via a contract under 14 C.C.R. § 18991.3(b), shall maintain the following records:
1. The name, address, and contact information of each commercial edible food generator from which the service collects edible food.
2. The quantity of food, measured in pounds per month, collected from each commercial edible food generator.
3. The quantity of food, measured in pounds per month, transported to each food recovery organization.
4. The name, address, and contact information of each food recovery organization to which the food recovery service transports edible food for food recovery.
C. Food recovery organizations and food recovery services shall inform generators about Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act and California Good Samaritan Food Donation Act protections in written communications.
D. No later than July 1 of each year food recovery organizations and food recovery services that have their primary address physically located in the city and that contract with one or more commercial edible food generators shall report to the city the total pounds of edible food recovered in the previous calendar year from the commercial edible food generators with which they have a contract.
E. In order to support edible food recovery capacity planning assessments or other studies conducted by the city, food recovery organizations and food recovery services operating in the city shall provide information and consultation to the city, upon request, regarding existing, or proposed new or expanded, food recovery capacity that can be accessed by the city and its commercial edible food generators. A food recovery organization or food recovery service contacted by the city shall respond to such request for information within sixty (60) days, unless a shorter timeframe is otherwise specified by the city.
(Ord. 1224, passed 2-15-2022)