s 25 Adulteration
25. For the purposes of this Act, any food is deemed to be adulterated if —(a) it contains or is mixed or diluted with any substance which diminishes in any manner its nutritive or other beneficial properties as compared with such food in a pure and normal state and in an undeteriorated and sound condition, or which in any other manner operates or may operate to the prejudice or disadvantage of the purchaser or consumer; (b) any substance or ingredient has been extracted or omitted from it, and by reason of such extraction or omission the nutritive or other beneficial properties of the food as sold are less than those of the food in its pure and normal state or the purchaser or consumer is or may be in any manner prejudiced; (c) it contains or is mixed or diluted with any substance of lower commercial value than such food in a pure and normal state and in an undeteriorated and sound condition; (d) it does not comply with the prescribed standard; or (e) it contains any substance which renders the food injurious to health.