food fraud
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The intentional omission, removal, or substitution of ingredients in food for financial gain without public disclosure.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Food fraud has been conducted since ancient Greek and Roman times but is rapidly increasing due to the complex, global supply chain, pressure on suppliers to reduce prices and the possibility of large profits."
- "Food fraud is the act of purposely altering, misrepresenting, mislabeling, substituting or tampering with any food product at any point along the farm–to–table food supply chain."
- "Food fraud is a common type of EMA that the FDA deals with, but EMA also occurs with other products, including animal food and cosmetics."