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1858 Bradford Sugar Poisoning was a mass food poisoning incident in Victorian England, caused by the accidental addition of large quantities of arsenic trioxide to a batch of mint lozenges under preparation. The event, which occurred in the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire, resulted in approximately 20 deaths and over 200 illnesses. The widespread practice of “adulteration”—the fraudulent mixing of food products—driven by high sugar prices at the time, formed the fundamental context for this t