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economically motivated adulteration

economically motivated adulteration noun: the intentional omission, removal, or substitution of ingredients in products for financial gain without public disclosure.

Noun

economically motivated adulteration (countable and uncountable, plural economically motivated adulterations)

  1. The intentional omission, removal, or substitution of ingredients in products for financial gain without public disclosure.
    • Economically motivated adulteration (EMA) of food, also known as food fraud, is the intentional adulteration of food for financial advantage.2012 November 28, Karen Everstine, John Spink, and Shaun Kennedy, University of New Mexico
    • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has defined economically motivated adulteration (EMA) as the “fraudulent, intentional substitution or addition of a substance in a product for the purpose of increasing the apparent value of the product or reducing the cost of its production, i.e., for...2017 December 5, Food Safety Magazine, Food Safety Magazine
    Synonyms:
    EMA

Synonyms of economically motivated adulteration

Forms of economically motivated adulteration

pluraleconomically motivated adulterations

Questions about economically motivated adulteration

What does economically motivated adulteration mean?
Economically motivated adulteration means the intentional omission, removal, or substitution of ingredients in products for financial gain without public disclosure.
What part of speech is economically motivated adulteration?
Economically motivated adulteration is a noun.
What is the plural of economically motivated adulteration?
The plural of economically motivated adulteration is economically motivated adulterations.

Words near economically motivated adulteration in the dictionary

  1. economicalizers
  2. economicalizes
  3. economicalizing
  4. economicall
  5. economically
  6. economically motivated adulteration
  7. economically motivated adulterations
  8. economicalness
  9. economicide
  10. economicides
  11. economick

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