arrested for nose snot on pizza?

[tim987]

Did you hear about the 2 dominos pizza workers who were arrested and charged with distributing prohibited foods because they put their nose snot and sneezed on pizzas at their workplace:

FOXNews.com - Domino's Pizza Workers Who Videotaped Themselves Passing Gas on Food Face Felony Charges - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

Even their workplace dominos said there is no proof any of the pizzas they sneezed and put nose snot on were given to any customers.

And is it illegal to distribute snot in food because nose snot is natural, it's not poison.

 

[CavemanLawyer]

Here is the statute they were charged under. I suppose snot or even the gas from his farting on the meat could cause a person "physical discomfort" if they ate it...but only if they found out about it. So I'm not really sure it fits the statute even if they could determine that the food was actually delivered. I'm not sorry they were charged though...

§ 14‑401.11. Distribution of certain food at Halloween and all other times prohibited.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly distribute, sell, give away or otherwise cause to be placed in a position of human accessibility, any food or eatable substance which that person knows to contain:

(1) Any noxious or deleterious substance, material or article which might be injurious to a person's health or might cause a person any physical discomfort, or

(2) Any controlled substance included in any schedule of the Controlled Substances Act, or

(3) Any 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.

(b) Penalties.

(1) Any person violating the provisions of G.S. 14‑401.11(a)(1):

a. Where the actual or possible effect on a person eating the food or substance was or would be limited to mild physical discomfort without any lasting effect, shall be guilty of a Class I felony.

b. Where the actual or possible effect on a person eating the food or substance was or would be greater than mild physical discomfort without any lasting effect, shall be punished as a Class H felon.

(2) Any person violating the provisions of G.S. 14‑401.11(a)(2) shall be punished as a Class F felon.

(3) Any 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).)