GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 313
SENATE BILL 692

AN ACT REGARDING THE ADULTERATION OR MISBRANDING OF FOOD, DRUGS, OR COSMETICS WITH INTENT TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 8 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-34.4.  Adulterated or misbranded food, drugs, or cosmetics; intent to cause serious injury or death; intent to extort.–(a) Any person who with the intent to cause serious injury or death manufactures, sells, delivers, offers, or holds for sale, any food, drug, or cosmetic that is adulterated or misbranded, or adulterates or misbrands any food, drug, or cosmetic, in violation of G.S. 106-122, is guilty of a Class C felony.
(b)	Any person who with the intent to wrongfully obtain, directly or indirectly, anything of value or any acquittance, advantage, or immunity communicates to another that he has violated, or intends to violate, subsection (a) of this section, is guilty of a Class C felony."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1987.