Meaning of commodity meat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Meat that is produced and distributed on an industrial scale, and can be bought and sold on the commodity markets.
   countable, uncountable
2. Meat distributed through the USDA commodity food distribution program.
   US, countable, dated, uncountable

Examples

“Swift and Wilson are both attacking the problem of commodity meat head on.”

“In 1987, when the pathogen was discovered in commodity meat, causing four deaths in two institutions in Utah, the USDA decided that the meat need not be sampled or recalled, because it was "safe" if "cooked properly" […]”

“Yet despite aggressive advertisements claiming the uniqueness of specific brands of commodity meats, the identities of commodity producers remain anonymous to the consumer […]”

“I have used my last can of commodity meat.”

“Always the cheese, peanut butter, and rice from the commodity program. Or commodity meat — chicken, beef, pork — fried in a heavy iron skillet.”

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