Arizona lawmakers advance bill targeting gross online food challenges
PHOENIX — Doing something gross with food that isn’t yours in hopes of getting social media hits could soon land you behind bars.
With only one dissenting vote, the Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to make it a crime to intentionally contaminate food, drink, water or other products intended for consumption by another person.
Just the act itself would be a Class 2 misdemeanor, carrying up to four months in jail and a $750 fine.
But if someone else actually eats or drinks the product, the offenders are looking at up to six months in jail and up to $2,500 in financial penalties. And that same law would apply if the damage is more than $1,000, whether in food that needs to be tossed or loss of business for an establishment.
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