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  • noun Plural form of adulterant.

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Examples

  • Supermarket ground black pepper can contain adulterants, and tastes like dust when compared to freshly crushed peppercorns.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Supermarket ground black pepper can contain adulterants, and tastes like dust when compared to freshly crushed peppercorns.

    Recipe: Peppery Beef Stew (Μοσχάρι και Πιπέρι Ραγκού) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Seattle food-safety lawyer Bill Marler sued the USDA in 2009 to force it to designate the Big Six as adulterants, which is anything dangerous or poisonous.

    USDA expands list of banned E. coli 2011

  • Seattle food-safety lawyer Bill Marler sued the USDA in 2009 to force it to designate the Big Six as adulterants, which is anything dangerous or poisonous.

    USDA expands list of banned E. coli 2011

  • Seattle food-safety lawyer Bill Marler sued the USDA in 2009 to force it to designate the Big Six as adulterants, which is anything dangerous or poisonous.

    USDA expands list of banned E. coli 2011

  • Condiments such as catsup and mayonnaise are, in the green chile cheeseburger ontology, referred to as adulterants.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • Seattle food-safety lawyer Bill Marler sued the USDA in 2009 to force it to designate the Big Six as adulterants, which is anything dangerous or poisonous.

    Default- News - USATODAY.com 2011

  • Today mephedrone is illegal, however, and is being cut, say the Forensic Science Service, with all the usual adulterants.

    How the British fell out of love with drugs 2011

  • "If the USDA did officially declare the six other E. coli strains as adulterants, we hope it would spur most major beef packers to begin voluntarily testing for them," said Nancy Donley, president of nonprofit Safe Tables Our Priority.

    Beef Safety Tests Aren't Being Used Bill Tomson 2010

  • There is growing concern among public health officials in the United States about antibiotic resistant strains of Salmonella, but these are not considered adulterants either.

    Barbara Kowalcyk: Ground Turkey Recall Shows We Still Need Kevin's Law Barbara Kowalcyk 2011

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