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

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

"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

The Firm admits that many other houses have pretended to supply this invaluable bread, but accuses them all of imposture or poisonous adulteration.

From Satires And Profanities by Foote, G. W. (George William)