contaminated meat
Unsafe animal protein
Contaminated meat is meat that has been exposed to harmful substances—bacteria, chemicals, parasites, or other pathogens that make it unsafe to eat.
The phrase appears in food safety contexts, news reports about recalls, and discussions of foodborne illness: The outbreak was traced to contaminated meat from a single processing plant.
Contamination can occur at any point from slaughter to storage.
- spoiledRuined or overindulged
- taintedContaminated, made impure
- rottenDecomposed or corrupt
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- salmonellaFoodborne bacterial illness
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