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ADULTERATED [3 records]

Record 1 2018-09-05

English

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

[Referring to a food that is] made poorer in quality or unusable for its original purpose by the addition of some other substance ...

CONT

Foods were considered adulterated if they included a deleterious ingredient or any material of less value than understood by name.

PHR

adulterated food, adulterated milk, adulterated product

French

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

Un aliment était considéré [comme] falsifié s'il contenait un ingrédient dangereux ou du matériel de moindre valeur que ne le laissait supposer son nom.

PHR

aliment falsifié, lait falsifié, produit alimentaire falsifié

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
  • Beverages
DEF

Wine that has been modified with an inordinate amount of allowable ingredients or with unapproved substances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Vin qui a été «trafiqué», dénaturé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
  • Agricultural Economics
OBS

Term(s) used at the Canadian Grain Commission in the field of cereal terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
  • Économie agricole
OBS

Terme(s) en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains dans le domaine céréalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Molinería y cereales
  • Economía agrícola
CONT

Alimento adulterado es aquel que ha experimentado por intervención del hombre, cambios que le modifican sus características o cualidades propias. Ejemplo: a) la extracción parcial o total de cualquiera de los componentes del producto original; b) la sustitución parcial o total de cualquiera de los componentes del producto original por otros inertes o extraños, incluida la adición de agua u otro material de relleno; c) la mezcla, coloración, pulverización o encubrimiento, en tal forma que se oculte su inferioridad o disminuya su pureza.

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