photo of trichinosis from a black bear, do you still want to eat bear meat?

Working as a meat inspector and my buddy has worked as one since 1958 we haven't ever seen trichinosis in an animal yet.It basically disappeared in domestic livestock when they got rid of outdoor toilets as huamns are not infecting the meat anymore. Humans actually give it to livestock more then livestock give it too humans it's sad to say.
 
ljones said:
EVERYONE on the planet carries, bacteria and parasites of one form or another, beneficial or not. It is a fact of life. Get over it.
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Yeah, but not roundworms, hookworms, ascarids, the little beasties that cause malaria or a bunch of other unpleasant things. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parasites_of_humans

Grizz
 
I see a lot of the round worms in mink. got to keep my hounds out of the shop when skinning mink and coon . thy still get wormed every year just to be safe .cook well and you will be fine DUTCH
 
Monsters inside me.....that TV show will creep you right out. Walking barefoot through your own back yard isn't safe.
You should see the parasites it fish like bassa and talapia.....just cook it well.
 
ciphery said:
Monsters inside me.....that TV show will creep you right out. Walking barefoot through your own back yard isn't safe.
You should see the parasites it fish like bassa and talapia.....just cook it well.
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Wife brought some Bassa home. After I googled it, cat food. :) Wrote Tilapia off a long time ago, basically raised on ####.

Grizz
 
I don't watch TV, and don't feel like starting I'm afraid, the fear monger genre does little for my imagination. We can spend our whole lives afraid and indoors, my kids now play in African dirt and eat the food too, and it's a far better life experience they do than us coddling them for fear of the parasites or any other phobia. I grew up commercial farming, hunt, handle, and eat wild game and fish for recreation, spent plenty of time in places such as the Amazon, Africa, and the North- I figure I'm damn well screwed and a walking infestation, and might as well enjoy every minute. ;) Even been jumped by wild monkeys once! So I've probably collected a few neat things.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Wife brought some Bassa home. After I googled it, cat food. :) Wrote Tilapia off a long time ago, basically raised on ####. ... Grizz
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Farm-raised catfish too ... downstream from the trout and tilapia.

Had fresh-caught tilapia a couple of times as a shore lunch, years ago in Cuba ( know it was fresh, lake caught in nets, still wriggling when knocked on the head ) absolutely delightful.
Didn't even see it on the market here for another several years. Pretty disappointing that farm raised stuff. But then again, even farm raised salmon is pretty poor compared to the wild stuff.
 
When pork is butchered they consider it all to be infected with trichinosis so never inspect for it in the first place. 138 degrees F will kill off trichinosis and when you buy pork chops and such that says previously frozen it means it's been treated also. Minus 20 degrees F for 6 to 12days kills it off also and they use colder temps then that now to freeze it so it is safer still. You can only get roundworms from digesting the eggs and the same for most other worm parisites.
All beef is inspected for trichinosis at the killing plant as it is easyier to do then pork and very uncommon in the first place. The cure for any parasite is proper cooking or for sausage and such using the right curing process.
 
Raton57 said:
When pork is butchered they consider it all to be infected with trichinosis so never inspect for it in the first place. 138 degrees F will kill off trichinosis and when you buy pork chops and such that says previously frozen it means it's been treated also. Minus 20 degrees F for 6 to 12days kills it off also and they use colder temps then that now to freeze it so it is safer still. You can only get roundworms from digesting the eggs and the same for most other worm parisites.
All beef is inspected for trichinosis at the killing plant as it is easyier to do then pork and very uncommon in the first place. The cure for any parasite is proper cooking or for sausage and such using the right curing process.
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In some countries, pork is still inspected for trichinosis, especially when the meat is to be used for sausage or ham via cold smoking. Beef doesn't contain trichinosis and isn't tested for it, to my knowledge. The only way for it to become infected is if ground beef comes into contact with contaminated pork, such as a dirty grinder. Perhaps you're thinking of E. Coli?
It's also been proven that there are different strains of trichinosis and freezing doesn't kill all of them, however cooking will.
 
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