Accidentally eating something licked by a cat is usually not dangerous. Rabies is a zoonotic disease. Generally, bites and scratches from animals with the virus, such as dogs and cats, can pose a risk of infection; indirect contact in daily life will not cause infection. The saliva of cats contains rabies virus, but the virus must invade the bloodstream through a break in the skin or mucous membrane to cause infection in humans, and does not enter the body directly through intact skin or mucous membranes. The human digestive tract with its mucous membrane intact can isolate the invasion of many viruses and bacteria, including rabies virus. Stomach acid, in turn, has a powerful digestive effect, and the virus is quickly killed once it enters the stomach, so it does not cause infection in the human body. For normal people with intact body functions, they will not be infected with rabies virus after accidentally eating something licked by a cat, and can be dynamically observed for several hours for any discomfort. If there is nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc., then consider the possibility that the food is contaminated.