Olathe ? An Olathe man charged Tuesday with urinating on packages of chicken in a supermarket cooler is the first person in Johnson County to face a new food-supply protection law.

Larry Ray Pratt, 48, was arrested late Monday after employees of the Dillon Store identified his photograph in a lineup.

At Pratt’s arraignment Tuesday in Johnson County District Court, attorney John Ivan pleaded innocent on his behalf. Pratt posted a $2,500 personal recognizance bond but was told he could not consume alcohol while on bond. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

The food-supply law, which the Kansas Legislature passed in 2002, made it illegal to expose agricultural products to contaminants or diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease.

Pratt was charged under the section of the law that makes it illegal to expose a “raw agricultural commodity” to any contaminant.

The incident occurred Friday when a store employee saw someone in an area of the store that is closed to the public. The employee told police that he followed the man into a walk-in cooler and saw him urinating.

The employee said he was going to call police, but the man left before officers arrived.

Two packages of chicken worth a total of $460 had to be disposed of, store managers reported.

Prosecutors charged Pratt with criminal trespass, criminal damage to property and endangering the food supply, all misdemeanors. His next court appearance was scheduled for Feb. 6.