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The main parasite from raw pork was trichinosis, but that's not really a thing anymore in the US. Not since the FDA mandated that you can't feed as much literal
by arcticbull 3y ago
The main parasite from raw pork was trichinosis, but that's not really a thing anymore in the US. Not since the FDA mandated that you can't feed as much literal raw meat garbage to pigs in the 70s. [edit: Swine Health Protection Act, 1980]
You can still get hepatitis E, among other things, from raw pork though so you know, be careful.
Some high-end restaurants are serving raw pork now though [1], but personally, I wouldn't - and I'm an adventurous eater.
[1] https://www.seriouseats.com/case-for-raw-rare-pink-pork-food-safety https://www.seriouseats.com/case-for-raw-rare-pink-pork-food...
- bluefirebrand 3y agoThere's a risk of e.coli from undercooked pork too from what I understand. Or at least, that's most likely how I got e.coli back in 2016 or so. Undercooked pork from a pork roast at a wedding.
- arcticbull 3y agoYeah, salmonella too. > Based on analysis of U.S. foodborne disease outbreaks, pork may be responsible for between 8 and 13 percent of roughly 1 million foodborne human salmonellosis cases each year. [1] [1] https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/publications/pork-salmonella-performance-standards-risk-assessment-april-8-2020-feb-8 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/news-events/publications/pork-salm...
- baal80spam 3y agoI wouldn't say it's VERY popular but it's a quite popular "sausage type" in Germany and Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mett
- lo_zamoyski 3y agoAh, yes, metka is quite delicious. Perhaps the curing and smoking might somewhat reduce whatever risk remains today?
- kiney 3y agoWe eat unsmoked Mett conpletely raw herr in germany. But here is strict monitoring of the pork used.