Food Recovery Inspection Training: California SB1383 Compliance 2024
Award-winning Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, in partnership with California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), presents Food Recovery Inspection Training: California SB 1383 Compliance.
Experts will present deep insights into the Edible Food Recovery aspect of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act (SB 1383)
This online course is presented by Solana Center for Environmental Innovation, which has extensive experience inspecting and providing technical assistance to hundreds of businesses and food rescue organizations. Experts will present deep insights into the Edible Food Recovery aspect of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Act (SB 1383). Part 1 introduces relevant aspects of the law and then focuses on edible food rescue requirements. Part 2 takes place over two days and provides comprehensive training for conducting edible food recovery inspections in the commercial sector. Thousands of inspection hours have been distilled into a digestible format. Registrants who attend all 3 days of the training will receive a certificate of completion.
Discount: 10% for CRRA and SWANA members
Early Bird Discount: Save $25 when you register by October 15 using code INSPECTOR
“We look forward to sharing our learnings from inspections, best practices, and sector-specific nuances to ensure cities achieve compliance for diverting surplus edible food from landfills to people in need.” – Mallika Sen, Director of Environmental Solutions, Solana Center for Environmental Innovation.
Part 1: Fundamentals of SB1383 Food Recovery
Compliance Overview
Date: November 6, 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Zoom
Presented by: Solana Center for Environmental Innovation
Audience: Anyone impacted by SB 1383 Edible Food Recovery, including government employees, business managers, food recovery organizations, government contractors, future food rescue inspectors, and interested citizens.
Part 1 covers the fundamentals of SB1383 food recovery. Get in-depth information about how to comply with California’s regulations, which require organic waste recycling and surplus food recovery. Regulations will be laid out to encompass the perspectives of each stakeholder, including jurisdictions, food-generating businesses, food recovery organizations, haulers, and residents.
Topics Covered:
- The impetus behind the law
- Overview of the regulations
- Who must donate edible food
- Edible food recovery requirements
- Food recovery programming
- Types of recoverable food
- Donation liability and tax benefits
Part 2: Inspection Training for Food Recovery
All You Need to Begin Tomorrow
Dates: November 7 & 8, 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Zoom
Presented by: Solana Center for Environmental Innovation
Audience: Anyone who wants details of inspection procedures and all future inspectors.
Part 2 provides you with in-depth information about how to comply with California’s SB 1383 regulations, in which food businesses donate 100% of surplus edible food that would otherwise be disposed of. The two days of training provide step-by-step guidance for conducting edible food recovery inspections at businesses and food recovery organizations, including a discussion of nuances and common stumbling blocks for each sector.
Topics Covered:
- Procedural breakdown of Food Recovery Organization inspections
- Procedural breakdown of Food Generating Business inspections
- Common challenges and lessons
- Inspection process details, for all regulated food-generating business sectors
- Inspection demonstrations and interactive exercises