2021 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIII - Correctional and Penal Institutions
Chapter 217 - Department of Corrections
Section 217.400 - Furnishing unfit food to offenders, penalty.
Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories
217.400. Furnishing unfit food to offenders, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of furnishing unfit food to offenders if he does any of the following:
(1) Knowingly furnishes or delivers any diseased, putrid or otherwise unwholesome meat from any animal or fowl that was diseased or otherwise unfit for food to any correctional center operated or funded by the department;
(2) Knowingly furnishes or delivers any other unwholesome food, vegetables or provisions whatsoever to such correctional centers to be used as food by the offenders in such correctional centers;
(3) Knowingly receives or consents to receive as an employee of such correctional center any diseased or unwholesome meat, food or provisions.
2. Furnishing unfit food to offenders is a class E felony.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 25, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
