Item #: SCP-NC331

Object class: Euclid - Uncontained

Special Containment Procedures: Any identified instances of SCP-NC331 are to be immediately confiscated along side all other meat on the same premises under the standard cover story of a salmonella outbreak. Any persons involved in the sale of SCP-NC331 are to be questioned as to where the product was obtained; any induviduals discovered actively promoting SCP-NC331 either on its own or as part of another product are too be detained for questioning and subsiquently amnesticized.

Description: SCP-NC331 consists of a number of microwaveable and pre-packaged meat products known to appear anomalously in convenience stores throughout western europe and north america. Packaging of SCP-NC331 always resembles that of similar products sold within the same store though with subtle errors akin to those produced through repeated image compression.

The meat within SCP-NC331 always consists entierly of mamallian tumour tissue, though due to significant DNA degradation the exact species of mammal is currently unknown to the foundation. Testing with D-class personel has uncovered no further anomalous properties within SCP-NC331, the meat is apparently palatable and tastes similar to pork, though notably "A bit salty and a little dry".

Foundation efforts to determine the source of SCP-NC331 are currently ongoing, standard checks when dealing with food based anomolies have revealed no correlation between appearances of SCP-NC331 and any disappearances or increase in cancer rates.

Retrieval Log:
SCP-NC331-A: The most common form of SCP-NC331 consists of homogenous chunks of SCP-NC331 usually shaped into the form of chicken breasts or pork steaks.

SCP-NC331-B: The second most common form of SCP-NC331 appears as mincemeat.

SCP-NC331-C: This category of SCP-NC331 is broadly defined as all SCP-NC331 products taking the form of a microwaveable fast food product, most commonly burgers or sandwiches of some kind.

SCP-NC331-D: May rarely appear as boned meats such as beef ribs, pork shoulders and chicken breasts. In such instances the bones withing SCP-NC331 have been confirmed to also be tumerous in origin.

SCP-NC331-E: A predumably unintentional form of SCP-NC331, in such instances the packaging will be of even lower quality than usual and the meat within inevitably appears as a lumpy mass of raw tumour cells. Such instances and the reports they generate are currently the main source of confirmed SCP-NC331 manifestations by the foundation.