Adulteration of food item can be caused by ____ .
B. mixing undesirable and inferior materials in food.
Adulterated food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome food. Incidents of food contamination have occurred because of poor harvesting or storage of grain, use of banned veterinary products, industrial discharges, human error and deliberate adulteration and fraud.
Food is considered to be adulterated if:
1. It contains any poisonous ingredient.
2. Any valuable or necessary constituent has been wholly or in part abstracted or any cheaper substance has been substituted wholly or in part.
3. It is colored or otherwise treated, to improve its appearance or if it contains any added substance injurious to health.
4. It has been prepared, packed or kept under insanitary conditions.
5. Its quality is below the standard.
6. It is obtained from diseased animal.
7. It is unusual bigger in size than it needs to be.