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
While it is sometimes considered that rosin is an adulterant for soap, this is hardly justifiable, as it adds to the cleansing properties of soap.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen