Did Sai Baba force his vegetarian devotees to eat meat?

No, the text provides a specific clarification on this matter. Chapter 38 explains that while a doubt might arise about Baba distributing meat-mixed food as Prasad, he was very careful about whom he served it to. It is explicitly stated that he only served this type of food to those who were already habitual meat-eaters. For devotees who had never consumed meat in their lives, Baba would not even let them touch it, as he never committed the 'rashness of giving them a craving for it through the Prasad.'