adulteration

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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

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".

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024

"When placed in the sensor, adulterated honey shifts the sensor's resonance frequency. By measuring this shift, we can detect water adulteration in honey."

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

Their trade is based upon false weights and measures, and upon adulteration, or insufficient preparation of the produce.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.