(1) Any person who sells, supplies or possesses consumable items, beverages or medicines which have decayed or have been altered such as to cause a risk to the life or health of another shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of one year to five years and a judicial fine up to one thousand five hundred days.

(2) The penalty to be imposed shall be increased by one third where the offence is committed in the course of a profession or a trade which is subject to official permission.