Question

Which of the following is food adulteration?

Options

• Adding a preservative

• Abstraction of a constituent of food article

• Using a food color

• Splitting of a food article in small pieces

Answer 1

Abstraction of a constituent of food article.

Explanation:

Removing all or part of a food’s constituent is a form of adulteration. Preservatives and colours are not automatically adulterants if they are permitted and used within prescribed limits; cutting food into smaller pieces is not adulteration.