1858 Bradford sweets poisoning

DanBC · on Sept 14, 2016

There have been a few food scandals posted to HN recently, so I thought this which is history, and had more severe consequences, would be interesting.

It also led to a change in taxation of sugar and an increase in regulation of foodstuffs.

Here's an article, rather than a wikipedia entry, about it. http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Dying-...