Tampering with a consumer product; consumer product defined · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 145.35 Tampering with a consumer product; consumer product defined.
For the purposes of sections 145.40 and 145.45 of this article, "consumer product" means any drug, food, beverage or thing which is displayed or offered for sale to the public, for administration into or ingestion by a human being or for application to any external surface of a human being.
For §§ 145.40 and 145.45, a “consumer product” is any drug, food, beverage, or other item displayed or offered for public sale for a person to ingest, receive internally, or apply to an external body surface. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.