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

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

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2024

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

From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023

Gluten is employed in the manufacture of gluten bread and biscuits for the diabetic, and of chocolate, and also in the adulteration of tea and coffee.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various