adulterant

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If there was about one part of lead to chromium, it was a dead giveaway that the adulterant was being used.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023

A spokeswoman for the agency told Hemp Industry Daily that CBD is an adulterant that can’t be added to foods and is not a legal nutritional supplement.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2018

Yet, twenty years after Taylor’s landmark E. coli decision, officials at the F.S.I.S. have failed to declare any other food-borne pathogen to be an adulterant in raw meat.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

There's a funny thing about declaring E. coli O157:H7 an adulterant, says Marler, the lawyer.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2011

Earth, an adulterant of guano, 319; composition of solid crust of, 102.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton