The president of the House of Representatives, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), announced on Wednesday (1) that he will put a project that makes heinous the crime of food forgery. The proposal vote, scheduled for tomorrow (2), occurs after the disclosure of a series of cases of intoxication of people, with some deaths, due to the consumption of adulterated drinks with methanol.
“Announcement that are included in tomorrow’s voting agenda two emergency requirements. PL 2307/2007which makes a heinous crime the falsification of drinks. Another for PL 2810/2025which increases the penalty of pedophilia crime, provides for electronic monitoring of convicted of sexual crime, among other measures, ”said Motta.
To date, 26 suspected cases of methanol poisoning have been notified. The government assessment is that the number should increase Over the next few days, due to the reinforcement of surveillance measures. Beyond Cases in São Paulo, Pernambuco also reported three suspicions.
The proposal expected for voting has not yet highlighted rapporteur. The text makes the crime of food tampering by the “adding ingredients to any product that may cause life or serious threat to citizens’ health”..
Heinous crime is unenforceable and unsusceptible to grace, pardon or amnesty, bail and provisional freedom. The project does not propose the extent of the penalty, but the heinous crimes law determines penalties of up to 30 years, with more slow regime progression.
Currently, the crimes of: torture; drug trafficking; terrorism; homicide, when practiced in typical extermination group activity, even if committed by one agent; qualified homicide; armed robbery; Deathly qualified extortion; extortion by sequestration and in qualified form; rape; violent attack on shame; epidemic with death result; falsification; corruption or change of product intended for therapeutic or medicinal purposes. The crime of genocide, tempted or consummated.
