Had the passenger specified vegetarian diet, no meat, or whatever, that is what would have been provided. Since she did not specify it, and the flight did not have a non-meat dish, the passenger should have either declined the meal or requested (and the request should have been honored by the airline without cost increase, a second meal. Both of which she could have eaten around the offending piece of food. In no case should she have thrown the meal at the FA. She should have brought it to the FA's attention, requested a non-meat entre or two entre's in which she just eat around the meat. The airline is obligated to provide for specific dietary meals or restrictions. This is determined before the flight. Many people have specific alergies to certain foods, others worsen medical conditions if they eat a meal that contains high levels of sodium, same wiith peanuts and peanut products, or milk, or red meats. These situations needs to made known to the flight team prior to the flight so they can bring those specific items on board the flight and then are reserved specifically for them.

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