Massachusetts Statutes
§ 8A — Foods containing foreign injury causing substances; distribution or sale
Massachusetts § 8A
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Ch. 270CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, § 8A (2026).
Text
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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