SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1607

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BURCHAM.

Read 1st time January 23, 2002, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 565, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to contamination of food or drink, with a penalty provision.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 565, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 565.091, to read as follows:

565.091. 1. A person commits the crime of contamination of food or drink if that person, while employed at any establishment that serves food or drink, purposely introduces bodily fluids, excrement, or hair, by any means, into any food or drink with the intent that it be served to another.

2. Contamination of food or drink is a class C misdemeanor.


Missouri House of Representatives