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s 272Adulteration of food or drink for sale

Whoever adulterates any article of food or drink so as to make such article noxious as food or drink -

(a)

intending to sell such article as food or drink; or

(b)

knowing it to be likely that the article will be sold as food or drink, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years and fine.