Florida Statute 562.455 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIV
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

Chapter 562
BEVERAGE LAW: ENFORCEMENT

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F.S. 562.455

562.455 Adulterating liquor; penalty.—Whoever adulterates, for the purpose of sale, any liquor, used or intended for drink, with cocculus indicus, vitriol, opium, alum, capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, brazil wood, cochineal, sugar of lead, or any other substance which is poisonous or injurious to health, and whoever knowingly sells any liquor so adulterated, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 4, ch. 1637, 1868; RS 2664; GS 3593; RGS 5522; CGL 7687; s. 583, ch. 71-136; s. 2, ch. 72-230; s. 20, ch. 2021-135.

Note.—Former s. 569.10.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 562.455

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

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Cases Citing Statute 562.455

Total Results: 1

Uri Marrache v. Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 8, 2021 | Docket: 60804289

Published

Sapphire Gin was in violation of Florida Statute § 562.455. This appeal asks us to resolve four issues: