Google says:
What is consumer product tampering?
U.S. CODE § 1365
§ 1365 defines consumer product tampering as tampering with the product with "reckless disregard" for the fact that it might cause injury or death or with the intent of causing injury to a business. It is also a federal crime to attempt to tamper with or taint a product, even if you fall in doing so.
It looks like tampering = tainting here. Tainting makes me think of drugs, like cyanide in Tylenol, but IDK.
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WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES FOR THIS FEDERAL OFFENSE?
If you're convicted of federal consumer product tampering, you could face harsh penalties that vary according to the type and severity of the offense, along with significant fines. For example:
- If you tamper with a product for the purpose of injuring a business, not with the intent of hurting or killing consumers, you could face up to 3 years in prison.
- If you falsely claim a product was tampered with, or if you threaten to tamper with a product...the maximum penalty is five years in prison.
- For general instances of tampering or attempted tampering where the injury did not occur...the maximum penalty is ten years in prison.
- If the tampering resulted in serious injury to another person...the penalty is up to 20 years in prison.
- If the tampering results in someone's death...the maximum penalty is life imprisonment.
Tainting consumer products under this law can result in a maximum of three years in federal prison, while knowingly communicating false information about a consumer product being tainted can result in five years of imprisonment if convicted...
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I don't know, the examples I saw both dealt with corporate sabotage...