Its now August the 2nd and its still bugged. Ive been in contact with customer support but they dont seem to be all that worried about it since it can be worked around. Ive spent hours waiting for someone to show up
Exited the room, which reset the items, then did in the order of north, south, east, and west and that worked.
This solution worked for me, as well. I had the same problem where the meat couldn't be picked up. If you use the NSEW method, it might take a couple of tries to pick up the meat (at least it did for me) before it takes.