In AS 17.20.345 - 17.20.347, (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; (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; (3) 'food' includes unsold hot food; (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. (5) 'nonprofit organization' means an organization recognized by the state or federal government as a nonprofit organization.
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