217.400. Furnishing unfit food to offenders, penalty. - Missouri Statutes

Furnishing unfit food to offenders, penalty.

217.400. 1. A person commits the crime of furnishing unfit food tooffenders if he does any of the following:

(1) Knowingly furnishes or delivers any diseased, putrid or otherwiseunwholesome meat from any animal or fowl that was diseased or otherwiseunfit for food to any correctional center operated or funded by thedepartment;

(2) Knowingly furnishes or delivers any other unwholesome food,vegetables or provisions whatsoever to such correctional centers to be usedas food by the offenders in such correctional centers;

(3) Knowingly receives or consents to receive as an employee of suchcorrectional center any diseased or unwholesome meat, food or provisions.

2. Furnishing unfit food to offenders is a class D felony.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 25, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)