The 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act bans the adulteration of food by any agent intended to dupe the consumer into thinking the product is superior in quality or more nutritious than it actually is.
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Subsequent rounds of testing revealed adulteration in some products sold by Asda, Sodexo - which supplies food to schools, care homes and the armed forces - and the Whitbread Group.
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