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What is adulteration?
Food adulteration is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient. Food is declared adulterated if:

    a substance is added which depreciates or injuriously affects it
    cheaper or inferior substances are substituted wholly or in part
    any valuable or necessary constituent has been wholly or in part abstracted
    it is an imitation
    it is coloured or otherwise treated, to improve its appearance or if it contains any added substance injurious to health


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