This is all assuming that the meat has not spoiled.

If the company's numbers dropped too low, the meat would spoil before it could be eaten.

Nor could he kill a moose during the legal season, 20 days in September, since the meat would spoil before winter.

That meat will probably spoil before we can eat it all.

"We should probably eat that meat before it spoils more," she said.

This length of time also results in a greater chance that the meat will spoil.

One diner at our table thought the meat tasted spoiled and sent it back.

It was still freezing at night, but the days were warm enough now that the meat would soon spoil.

He'd bring along steak tartare, and in the hour or so it took him to get to the home, the meat would spoil.

"If we leave the guts inside, the meat will sour and spoil in a few hours."