adulterant
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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
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
Ashes, an adulterant of guano, 319; mixed with manures, 532.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
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