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[USC03] 18 USC 1365: Tampering with consumer products
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18 USC 1365: Tampering with consumer products Text contains those laws in effect on December 17, 2018
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(a) Whoever, with reckless disregard for the risk that another person will be placed in danger of death or bodily injury and under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to such risk, tampers with any consumer product that affects interstate or foreign commerce, or the labeling of, or container for, any such product, or attempts to do so, shall-
(2) As used in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term "communicates false information" means communicates information that is false and that the communicator knows is false, under circumstances in which the information may reasonably be expected to be believed.
(3) In this subsection, the term "writing" means any form of representation or communication, including hand-bills, notices, or advertising, that contain letters, words, or pictorial representations.
(h) As used in this section-
(1) the term "consumer product" means-
(A) any "food", "drug", "device", or "cosmetic", as those terms are respectively defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321); or
(2) the term "labeling" has the meaning given such term in section 201(m) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(m));
(3) the term "serious bodily injury" means bodily injury which involves-
(4) the term "bodily injury" means-
(Added Pub. L. 98–127, §2, Oct. 13, 1983, 97 Stat. 831 ; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, §3544, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), (O), (Q), (S), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147 , 2148; Pub. L. 107–307, §2, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2445 .)
2002-Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 107–307 added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsecs. (f) and (g) as (g) and (h), respectively.
1994-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(O), substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $25,000".
Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(S), substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $100,000".
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(Q), substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $50,000".
Subsecs. (c)(1), (d), (e). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(O), substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $25,000".
1990-Subsec. (g)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101–647 inserted opening quotation marks before "device".
Pub. L. 107–307, §1, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2445 , provided that: "This Act [amending this section] may be cited as the 'Product Packaging Protection Act of 2002'."
Pub. L. 98–127, §1, Oct. 13, 1983, 97 Stat. 831 , provided: "That this Act [enacting this section and section 155A of Title 35, Patents] may be cited as the 'Federal Anti-Tampering Act'."