{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-17.20.347","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 17.20.347","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In AS 17.20.345 — 17.20.347,\n(1) “charitable organization” means a nonprofit organization that provides food without charge to individuals who do not have money to pay for the food or who do not have homes;\n(2) “donor” includes a person, farmer, retailer, delicatessen, restaurant, hotel, store, slaughterhouse under state supervision, freight company, distributor, wholesaler, meat processor, seafood processor, or similar entity, and a person who acts in a commercial capacity as a manufacturer, packer, processor, bottler, or similar entity, even if that activity is the person's primary activity;\n(3) “food” includes unsold hot food;\n(4) “food bank” means a nonprofit organization that operates principally to collect, inspect, and salvage donated food for free distribution either to needy persons or to nonprofit organizations for free distribution to needy persons;\n(5) “nonprofit organization” means an organization recognized by the state or federal government as a nonprofit organization.","path":["Title 17. Food and Drugs.","Chapter 20. Alaska Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.","Article 9. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#17.20.347","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:11Z","sha256":"f158aac36c8a54f6d0ac0b325321e5df95a0e7c88b2d8c113a59c4a54906c71c","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-17.20.346","next":"us-ak/as-17.20.350"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}