adulterant

Example Sentences

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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

His first step was to declare E. coli O157:H7 an adulterant, making it illegal to sell contaminated ground beef.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Department of Agriculture rules would declare salmonella an adulterant - a contaminant that can cause food-borne illness - in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2022

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

But the most common use of it is as a substitute for coffee, or as an adulterant of it.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth