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Economic adulteration is the practice of preparing an item for sale by substituting a less valuable substance for a portion of the original product. A highly valued item, such as honey, has always been and will always be susceptible to economic adulteration. Different substances have been used to adulterate honey depending on their availability, cost, similarity to honey and by the ability, or difficulty,
to detect them in honey. Every shift to another “honey extender” requires a corresponding shift on the part of those interested in stopping economic adulteration. Preventing economic adulteration requires vigilance, testing, and the development of technology to detect the latest substitute in use.
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