Awareness and effects of food adulteration

Adulteration is an addition of another substance to a food item in order to increase the quantity of the food item in raw form or prepared form, which may result in the loss of actual quality of food item. These substances may be available food items or non-food items. This study mainly discusses about the awareness about food adulteration in general and more specific about whether demographic variables influence on identification of adulteration and any case filing against the adulteration. Findings of this study reveal that there is relationship between the demographic variables influences and food adulteration.