History Main / TamperingWithFoodAndDrink

* In ''The Killer's Cousin'' by Nancy Werlin, [[spoiler:Lily accidentally killed her sister by putting cleaning solvent in a glass of water. It was supposed to have been a prank, as she didn't think her sister would really drink it.]]

* The Axis powers in ''FDR: American Badass!'' attempt to covertly attack US by smuggling in tainted alcohol that can turn anyone consuming it to a werewolf.

* During UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, the British on the Middle East front would airdrop cigarette packs wrapped in British propaganda to the Turks. While the Turks laughed off the "surrender now" flyers, they ''really'' appreciated the cigarettes. On one occasion, a cigarette drop was made the day before the Brits were to attack a Turkish position. The cigarettes had been laced with opium, and the Turkish soldiers were too stoned to fight.

* In "The Ballad of Sara Berry" from ''35mm: A Musical Exhibition'', Sara poisons Patricia's cup of punch at the HighSchoolDance, killing her.

* Happens plenty of times in ''Manga/{{Ooku}}: The Inner Chambers'':

* ''Testament'' by David Morrell opens with the protagonist noticing that his cat has dropped dead after drinking from its bowl. He suddenly realises the milk has been poisoned (this was when milk was delivered to your door in bottles) but too late to stop his wife from feeding their baby son from his baby bottle. Things don't improve from there as his family is being targetted by a right wing terrorist organisation.
** In another Morrell novel ''The Fraternity of the Stone'', a monk notices that a mouse that he's been feeding has died. His food was poisoned [[KillEmAll along with everyone else's in the monastery]]--he's a former ProfessionalKiller who had a HeelFaithTurn and was the intended target.

* In ''[[Fanfic/{{Destiny}} Destiny's Kiss]]'', Princess Ting-Ting is killed when her tea is poisoned.

* In ''Film/TheManWiithNineLives'', Dr. Kravaal drugs the soup Judy serves the thawed {{Human Popsicle}}s to knock them out so he can use them as guinea pigs for his experiments.

* In ''Anime/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'', Arslan reveals to Gieve and Elam that his nursemaid and her husband died of drinking too much nabeed (wine) one day when he was younger, just prior to him starting to live at the palace. However, since they both died at the same time in a suspicious manner and [[spoiler: it's later revealed Arslan is not even Andragoras or Tamahine's son]], Gieve quietly suspected they were actually poisoned.

* In ''Literature/TheQueensThief', the new King of Attolia has to put up with having sand in his food all the time as a prank by his attendants (and the kitchen staff, who prefer the queen). When this is revealed to the guard captain, it raises the possibility of more sinister things being added to the plate. [[spoiler:Attolis puts up with it to build evidence against one of his queen's enemies, and finally puts a stop to it by visiting the kitchen staff two books later to reveal that he was once a phony kitchen boy that bit their previous, hated head chef.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndCleopatra'', Edifice frames the Gauls by sending a poisoned cake to Cleopatra in the Gauls' name, which is quickly detected as being poisoned. Strangely, the cake was made without eggs or flour--the only non-toxic ingredient in the entire recipe was orange juice (for flavoring).

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Nibbler starts annoying Bender. When asked to make a cake, he says menacingly "I'll make a cake you'll never forget...". He's shown grabbing rat poison... before putting it in front of a rat hole, stating, "[[SubvertedTrope That'll get rid of all those damn rats."]]

* Invoked in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' short "Mickey's Cabin", where Mickey is tied up by Pete and his cousin Zeka, who have just robbed an ATM. To get himself a hearty dinner, Mickey makes the two paranoid by telling each of them that the other poisoned their food to get the money and he becomes their poison tester. He further plays on their paranoia by faking his death after eating the food.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In "The Fair-Haired Hare", this is the objective of Yosemite Sam slipping poison into Bugs Bunny's carrot juice, so he – upset with a court order demanding they share the property – can own the jointly owned property outright. Of course, Bugs is wise to this attempt and in the end, it's Sam who blasts off like a rocket.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The Blue Plague", Brainy slips a concoction made by Gargamel into his fellow Smurfs' meal, thinking it'll be a cure-all for all their problems, but it ends up making them act like chickens when they eat it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks'' episode "Reefberry Madness", some weed monsters sprinkle silly powder on a patch of reefberries which the Snorks eat, causing them to act silly.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS19E4YoureNotYelping You're Not Yelping]]", restaurants begin to give Yelp reviewers the "Yelp Special", AKA smearing the food with boogers and cum.

* ''Literature/GirlsDontHit'': Joss uses poison she's placed surreptitiously in targets drinks to kill them more than once.

* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoDrankTheMoon'' has a scene where Ethyne offers Gherland a cup of tea. Gherland then perceives Ethyne as fearsome and is easily plied for information.

* This is Graham's standard M.O. in ''Film/TheYoungPoisonersHandbook'': poisoning food and drink. [[SpotOfTea Tea]] is his most common medium, but he also uses sandwiches, chocolates, pickles, beer, etc.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': There is a RunningGag of the MundaneLuxury of good food putting TheParanoiac Akira into a daze of happiness, since he grew up in the slums with no access to decent food. When Akira is scheduled to meet a government executive over dinner, Akira’s EccentricMentor Kibayashi points out how sometimes high level hunters have their food tampered with to make them more pliable for negotiations, which prompts Akira to panic and demand the executive visit him in his HomeBase in the slums instead, creating some misunderstandings about Sheryl’s gang in the process.