{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-401.11","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-401.11","heading":"Distribution of certain food or beverage prohibited.","body":"(a)\tIt shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly distribute, sell, give away or otherwise cause to be placed in a position of human accessibility or ingestion, any food, beverage, or other eatable or drinkable substance which that person knows to contain any of the following:\n(1)\tAny noxious or deleterious substance, material or article which might be injurious to a person's health or might cause a person any physical discomfort.\n(2)\tAny controlled substance included in any schedule of the Controlled Substances Act.\n(3)\tAny poisonous chemical or compound or any foreign substance such as, but not limited to, razor blades, pins, and ground glass, which might cause death, serious physical injury or serious physical pain and discomfort.\n(b)\tPenalties.\n(1)\tAny person violating the provisions of G.S. 14-401.11(a)(1):\na.\tWhere the actual or possible effect on a person eating or drinking the food, beverage, or other substance was or would be limited to mild physical discomfort without any lasting effect, shall be guilty of a Class I felony.\nb.\tWhere the actual or possible effect on a person eating or drinking the food, beverage, or other substance was or would be greater than mild physical discomfort without any lasting effect, shall be punished as a Class H felon.\n(2)\tAny person violating the provisions of G.S. 14-401.11(a)(2) shall be punished as a Class F felon.\n(3)\tAny person violating the provisions of G.S. 14-401.11(a)(3) shall be punished as a Class C felon. (1971, c. 564; 1973, c. 540, s. 1; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1242; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2019-245, s. 6(b).)","path":["Chapter 14. Criminal Law.","SUBCHAPTER XI. GENERAL POLICE REGULATIONS.","Article 52. Miscellaneous Police Regulations."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-401.11.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:56:32Z","sha256":"0eb79bf5808c41005729cb09677e20c1374e1c68ae5f045f8c7cc611d8bfc383","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-401.10","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-14-401.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}