Question

following food item are adulterated
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Answer 1

Answer:

Adulteration is a legal term meaning that a food product fails to meet the legal standards.

One form of adulteration is an addition of another substance to a food item in order to increase the quantity of the food item in raw form or prepared form, which may result in the loss of actual quality of food item

Adulterated food is impure, unsafe and not wholesome. ...

Unintentional adulteration is a result of ignorance or the lack of facilities to maintain food quality.

This may be caused by spill over effect from pesticides and fertilisers. Inappropriate food handling and packaging methods can also result in adulteration.