Collects beef and pork, say (5)
I believe the answer is:
meets
'collects' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for meets that I've seen before include "Comes into contact with" , "Effectively copes with" , "Hunts" , "Hunt assemblies" , "Gathers together" .)