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  • adjective having been made impure by addition of inferior ingredients; -- said of substances or foods.

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  • adjective Mixed with impurities
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of adulterate.

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  • adjective mixed with impurities

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Examples

  • The USDA has been considering for more than a year a policy change that would allow whole beef cuts to be considered "adulterated" -- and thus subject to recall -- even if they aren't "intended for use in ground beef," according to Daniel Engeljohn, a deputy assistant administrator for USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, or FSIS.

    U.S. Beef Safety Plan Languishes Amid New Illnesses 2009

  • The agency did not disclose the name of the offending wine, including recalling the adulterated product.

    Wine: TTB and the ick factor 2010

  • When sold under assumed names, they are to be considered and classified as adulterated, and not as syrups from definite and specific products.

    Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder

  • If this be correct, it appears that the articles at present in the market, or at least those which have come in my way, have been wretched imitations of the genuine thing, and should, instead of being called adulterated annatto, be called something else adulterated, but not seriously, with annatto.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various

  • A food product is also considered "adulterated" if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health.

    William Marler: Prosecuting Those Who Poison William Marler 2011

  • In March 2009, the U.S. attorney in Chicago obtained an injunction that cited Del Rey for selling "adulterated" food.

    Schools in the dark about tainted lunches 2009

  • A food product is also considered "adulterated" if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health.

    William Marler: Prosecuting Those Who Poison William Marler 2011

  • Under section 402(a)(4) of the Act, a food product is deemed "adulterated" if the food was "prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health."

    William Marler: Prosecuting Those Who Poison William Marler 2011

  • Under section 402(a)(4) of the Act, a food product is deemed "adulterated" if the food was "prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health."

    William Marler: Prosecuting Those Who Poison William Marler 2011

  • In this case, the USDA says that Huntington failed to keep reliable records about its activities for the past year and that all the meat produced at the plant during the past year must be considered to be "adulterated" and should be removed from the market.

    The beef recall goes on 2010

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  • Adults are contaminated.

    June 22, 2007