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adulteration

[uh-duhl-tuh-ray-shuhn] / əˌdʌl təˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
corruption
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The honour has cast a global spotlight on a fragile cottage industry battling labour shortages, rampant adulteration and dwindling sap supplies.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

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.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

A law preventing unadvertised adulteration was eventually passed in 1875 in the form of The Sale of Food and Drugs Act.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2023

Standard detection methods of honey adulteration are expensive, and either have complicated operation methods or low detection accuracy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

The national and state governments have also coöperated in the enactment of laws prohibiting the adulteration of foods and foodstuffs and in enforcing better sanitation.

From Farm Boys and Girls by William Arch McKeever


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