Legislation establishing regulations for the fast-growing third-party food delivery industry in Georgia has been introduced in the General Assembly.
Senate Bill 34 is an outgrowth of a Senate study committee that held several meetings last summer and fall to talk about an industry that has no federal oversight and only a patchwork of state and local regulations. Health regulators were unable to keep up with the growth of online apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash, which led to complaints from customers about unhygienic procedures.
The industry also ran afoul of restaurant owners, who complained third-party food deliveries were running ads featuring their names without authorization, touting relationships that didn’t exist.
Senate Bill 34 would put an end to such practices in Georgia, prohibiting third-party food companies from advertising non-existent connections with restaurants and requiring them to enter into contracts with restaurants before picking up and delivering food from those facilities.
