Food Contamination Terms

adjective covered with fly eggs

• The meat was left out in the sun and became flyblown.
• Ew, that garbage can is all flyblown!
• I'm not eating at that dive, it's totally flyblown.
• Her reputation was flyblown after the scandal.

noun a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms

• The scientist studied the effects of the toxin on the human body.
• I heard that the food we ate last night had some kind of toxin in it.
• Watch out for that drink, I think it's got some toxins in it.
• Negative thoughts can be like toxins to your mind, poisoning your outlook on life.