| 1 | Just how widespread was the adulteration of food and drink? | |
| 2 | Mostly, the adulteration went undetected. Sometimes FDA caught it. | |
| 3 | Not only was milk commonly adulterated, it was often unclean. | |
| 4 | All through the Victorian era food was adulterated. | |
| 5 | Even the frozen water-ices which should have consisted of nothing but water and a bit of flavouring were adulterated. |