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Discuss the following with your partner and complete the following sentence. Food adulteration means _________________.

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Discuss the following with your partner and complete the following sentence.

Food adulteration means _________________.

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Food adulteration means the addition of other substances that degrade the quality of food.

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Chapter 1.3: The Call of the Soil - Ice Breakers [Page 25]

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Chapter 1.3 The Call of the Soil
Ice Breakers | Q 1. (c) | Page 25

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