The meat is tainted for weeks, unsuitable even for hamburger.
Results of DNA tests conducted by the food industry in Britain, released last week, showed that 1 percent of beef products were tainted with horse meat.
Consequently, their philosophies were tainted by "subjectivism".
Those "safe pair of hands" were tainted.
Because salmonella is common in poultry, it is not illegal for meat to be tainted with the pathogen.
Officials said they did not want to risk underestimating the quantity of meat that could be tainted and stored in freezers.
According to the news report, investigators looking into Contador's alibi visited the butcher shop in northern Spain where an associate of Contador purchased the meat said to be tainted with clenbuterol, a banned muscle-building and weight-loss drug.
Just last week, Wal-Mart's China operations recalled donkey meat snacks that had been tainted with fox meat.
Some athletes are even said to be avoiding meat, fearing it might be tainted with a banned substance, clenbuterol.
The major safety concern is that cloning results in many failed pregnancies and abnormal babies, raising the risk that milk or meat from such animals could be tainted.
