The meat had been left out for days and had started to smell.

这肉放在外边已有好几天了，都开始有臭味了。

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The review was initiated by the FSA after it emerged in the summer that such milk and meat had been sold unwittingly in butchers' shops without a licence.

今年夏天，来自克隆牛的牛肉和牛奶在没有得到许可的情况下，就被不知情的屠户出售，这一事件发生以后，食品标准局采取了复审行动。

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Before this study was done, there had been little evidence regarding the individual elements in a high-meat diet that made it potentially harmful.

在这项研究结束之前，并没有太多的证据表明高肉类的饮食习惯存在着潜在的风险。

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On Monday, this column reported that horse meat had been found in IKEA meatballs slated for sales in multiple EU countries.

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The footage then shows employees in storage rooms taking meat that had been returned from shops.

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When details of the horsemeat contamination scandal first broke in the Republic of Ireland on 16 January, Irish food processors claimed the contaminated meat products had been supplied by companies in Poland.

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