In 1996, the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act was signed as pubic law 104-210. The law protects good-faith food donors from civil and criminal liability should the product later cause harm to the recipient. While exceptions are made for gross negligence, the law protects non-profit agencies, food banks, individuals, corporations, wholesalers, retailers, governmental entities, restaurants, caterers, farmers and more. The Good Samaritan Law provides protection for food and grocery products that meet all quality and labeling standards imposed by federal, state and local laws and regulations even though the food may not be “readily marketable due to appearance, age, freshness, grade, size, surplus or other conditions”.