: lack of sanitation : careless or dangerous hygienic conditions
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Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 2 Mar. 2026
The company issued the recall because the shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137).
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
Velichko said that he and several fellow volunteer drivers were housed in one of half a dozen insanitary, crowded barracks, which contained about 300 inmates in total.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022
Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary conditions at Family Dollar's distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, federal officials said in a news release.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 19 Feb. 2022
But not by Roberts, who wrote that the blame for the concentration camps deaths lay with their inmates themselves, and their insanitary habits.
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
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Full article: Wisconsin bottler recalls over 600K water bottles for 'insanitary' packaging
Frozen blueberries
More than 55,000 pounds of frozen blueberries sold in four states – including Wisconsin – were recalled Feb. 12 due to listeria contamination concerns.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 2 Mar. 2026
The company issued the recall because the shrimp may have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137).
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
Employees were observed to only sanitize their gloved hands after touching insanitary surfaces and then resumed touching RTE food and various food contact surfaces.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
In a civil complaint filed Sept. 27 in federal court, authorities allege that Rizo Lopez Foods violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act at the company’s facility in Modesto by manufacturing and distributing food products that have been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The company admitted that by January 2021 some employees were aware that the insanitary conditions were causing products to become contaminated.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
Velichko said that he and several fellow volunteer drivers were housed in one of half a dozen insanitary, crowded barracks, which contained about 300 inmates in total.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2022
Items ranging from dietary supplements and medication to cosmetics and pet foods may have been exposed to insanitary conditions at Family Dollar's distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas, federal officials said in a news release.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 19 Feb. 2022
But not by Roberts, who wrote that the blame for the concentration camps deaths lay with their inmates themselves, and their insanitary habits.
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
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“Insanitary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insanitary. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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insanitary
adjective
in·san·i·tary
(ˈ)in-ˈsan-ə-ˌter-ē 
: so unclean as to endanger health : unhealthy
Medical Definition
insanitary
adjective
in·san·i·tary
(ˈ)in-ˈsan-ə-ˌter-ē
: unclean enough to endanger health
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