ADULTERATION
Mixing something impure with something genuine, or an inferior article with a superior one of the same kind.
Adulteration usually refers to mixing other
matter of an inferior and sometimes harmful
quality with food or drink intended to be sold.
As a result of adulteration, food or drink
becomes impure and unfit for human consumption.
The federal FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
prohibits transportation of adulterated
foods, drugs, and cosmetics in interstate commerce,
as provided under the Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq. [1938]).
State and local agencies, acting under the
authority of local laws, do the same to ban the
use of such impure goods within their borders.
