Antitampering and Poison Prevention

Deliberate contamination of Tylenol capsules in 1982 with cyanide prompted the Federal Antitampering Act (P.L. 98-127) (18 U.S.C. 1365). This act applies to all consumer products, including any food, drug, device, or cosmetic. If a product is not packaged according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the product is considered misbranded or adulterated. For the purpose of consumer products, tampering refers to any alteration of the product with the intent to make the product ohjectionahle without the authority to make the alteration. 

There are five areas that the law identifies as tampering with a 

Tampering with a consumer product or its labeling that affects interstate or foreign commerce, with reckless disregard for the risk of death or bodily injury 

Tampering with a consumer product with the intent of injuring a business 

Communicating false information that a consumer product has been tainted 

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