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2010 Rhode Island Code
Title 11 Criminal Offenses
CHAPTER 11-16 Food and Beverages
§ 11-16-7 Tampering with packaging.
§ 11-16-7 Tampering with packaging. – Every person who tampers with the contents of a package or container for sale to the public with the intent to injure a potential user of the contents shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) years, or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1983, ch. 193, § 1.)
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