“Contamination of a starting material, intermediate product or finished product by
Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit or harmful for the physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc.
English
Etymology
From cross- + contamination.
Noun
cross-contamination (countable and uncountable, plural cross-contaminations)
- The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.
Related terms
- cross-contaminate