adulterant

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"This final determination marks the first time that Salmonella is being declared an adulterant in a class of raw poultry products. "

From Salon • May 1, 2024

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 Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

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

Peat, absorbing properties of, 239; adulterant of guano, 317; analysis of stable-manure from, 281; litter, 239; nitrogen in, 240; retaining properties of, 240; soils, 123.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton