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2014 Massachusetts General Laws
PART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
TITLE I CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 270 CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH
Section 8A Foods containing foreign injury causing substances; distribution or sale
MA Gen L ch 270 § 8A What's This?
Section 8A. Whoever sells, gives, or distributes to anyone candy or other food or foodstuffs containing a foreign substance, which is intended or may reasonably be expected to cause injury to a person eating the same, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years.
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