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adulteration

[uh-duhl-tuh-rey-shuhn]

noun

  1. the act or process of adulterating.

  2. the state of being adulterated.

  3. something adulterated.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adulteration1

1500–10; < Latin ܱٱپō- (stem of ܱٱپō ); adulterate, -ion
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The letter said: "Decisions against Real Madrid have reached a level of manipulation and adulteration of the competition that can no longer be ignored."

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The pesticide adulteration rate matched that of products from California’s legal market, which mandates screening for 66 pesticides but ignores scores of other compounds The Times found.

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Apimondia - the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations - said in a statement that the change was "necessitated by the inability to have honey fully tested for adulteration".

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This is known as "food adulteration," and products with known or suspected adulteration are refused entry into the U.S.

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On the face of it, it appeared like a matter of food adulteration - something that authorities in India routinely grapple with.

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What does adulteration mean?

Adulteration is the act of making something impure or altering its original form by adding materials or elements that aren’t usually part of it, especially inferior ones.It can also refer to a thing that has been altered in such a way, or the state that that thing is in after having been altered.Adulteration is commonly used in the context of food preparation and manufacturing in reference to the contamination of food products with additives that make them impure in some way. There are laws against adulteration, especially when the ingredients added may be harmful to people’s health.Adulteration is the noun form of the verb adulterate, meaning to make something impure by adding inferior materials or elements. Something that has been altered in such a way can be described as adulterated.Example: They’re starting to crack down on the widespread adulteration of milk and dairy products by testing them for additives.

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