IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 11.32
Issues In Tampering With Food, Drugs, Or Cosmetics
To sustain the charge of tampering with food, drugs, or cosmetics, the State must prove
the following propositions:
First Proposition: That the defendant knowingly put a substance into a [(food) (drug)
(cosmetic)] offered for sale or consumption; and
Second Proposition: That the substance was capable of causing death or great bodily
harm to a human being; and
Third Proposition: That the defendant knew the substance was capable of causing death
or great bodily harm to a human being.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that each one of these propositions
has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty.
If you find from your consideration of all the evidence that any one of these propositions
has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty.
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- illinoiscourts.gov
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-19
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