Connecticut General Statutes Title 38A. Insurance § 38a-313c. Coverage for canned or perishable food donated by food relief organization or supermarket

(1) “Canned food” means any food that has been commercially processed, prepared and hermetically sealed for human consumption, including, but not limited to, a canned or preserved fruit or vegetable;

(2) “Food relief organization” means a public or private entity, including, but not limited to, a community-based organization, food bank, food pantry or soup kitchen, that, on a nonprofit basis and in the ordinary course of such entity's business or operations, provides nutritional assistance to individuals in this state who are in need of such assistance, free of charge;

(3) “Perishable food” means any food, including, but not limited to, a fresh, frozen or refrigerated bakery product, dairy product, fruit, packaged meat, packaged seafood or vegetable, that may spoil or otherwise become unfit for human consumption because of its nature, physical condition or type; and

(4) “Supermarket” means (A) a retail food store occupying a total retail sales area of at least three thousand five hundred square feet, or (B) a large discount department store that (i) sells a complete line of grocery merchandise, (ii) continuously offers for sale fresh produce and meats, poultry, seafood, nuts and dairy products, (iii) maintains a bakery, as defined in section 21a-151, (iv) is locally permitted as a class 3 food establishment, as defined in section 19a-36g, and (v) has registered at least one weighing or measuring device pursuant to subsection (b) of section 43-3.