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ADULTERATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Regulations and Standards (Food)
CONT

The adulteration of food, in order to pass an inferior product off as a good one, is as old as trade.

CONT

[Many] examples of adulteration could be cited, such as the addition of sulphuric acid to vinegar to increase its acidity, the dilution of milk with water and the addition of rice powder or arrowroot to diluted cream to thicken it.

PHR

Adulteration of food.

PHR

Food adulteration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Alimentation)
DEF

Modification illicite accomplie sur une denrée alimentaire par addition ou par soustraction d'un principe utile entrant dans la composition de cette denrée.

CONT

De tout temps, on a cherché à réglementer l'usage des additifs pour empêcher la falsification des denrées.

OBS

falsification : Équivalent adopté par le Comité intergouvernemental de terminologie de l'industrie laitière.

PHR

Adultération de produits alimentaires, d'aliments.

PHR

Falsification de produits alimentaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Reglamentación y normalización (Alimentación)
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Record 2 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
DEF

The addition of inferior and usually cheaper substitutes to a product.

OBS

In pharmacology, "tampering" is stronger in meaning than "adulteration" in that it usually signifies the addition of a poisonous substance to a drug as in the case of Tylenol capsules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Altération d'un produit par addition de substances de qualité inférieure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Farmacología
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