People have literally been arrested for donating perfectly good food. These people were arrested too. I’m sure the people put in jail would heavily disagree with the idea ‘it’s just a myth’.
The specific cases you mentioned are for food services not donations.
Donating food is protected by law. Serving food in public is not.
For what it’s worth I don’t think that these arrests were made in good faith either, but no grocery stores, restaurants, or food distributors have been arrested for donating surplus food.
People have literally been arrested for donating perfectly good food. These people were arrested too. I’m sure the people put in jail would heavily disagree with the idea ‘it’s just a myth’.
Edit: For good measure, here is another group in another location arrested for donating food.
The specific cases you mentioned are for food services not donations.
Donating food is protected by law. Serving food in public is not.
For what it’s worth I don’t think that these arrests were made in good faith either, but no grocery stores, restaurants, or food distributors have been arrested for donating surplus food.