Wouldn't this be acceptable if the meat was frozen for a month or so? Would think a long freeze would kill anything in the meat. Food for thought as well?
there is no freezing time it s cooking time only.
here s a translated story about what can happen if you take it lightly ....
http://www.pyrenees-pireneus.com/Fa...-Sanitaire-risque-de-la-chasse-trichinose.htm
google translation is my friend and will do better than my English ....
The health risks of bear hunting: trichinosis
Seventeen cases of trichinosis in France
In September, five cases of trichinosis are diagnosed at the Orleans hospital. A survey conducted by the reference center of trichinellosis has identified twelve other cases, all resulting from the ingestion of the same bear meat. The animal was killed during a hunt in Canada and a few pieces of meat were introduced in France. A description of the case is published in the latest issue of "Eurosurveillance."
In early September, five patients hospitalized in the hospital Orleans provide a picture of trichinellosis fever and myalgia associated with eosinophilia. All five are known and shared the same meal two weeks earlier: the bear meat, remember a hunt in northern Quebec. InVS (Institut de Veille Sanitaire) is alerted and warned the day after the National Reference Centre for trichinellosis (CNRT), which conducts the survey.
CNRT a limited number of 25 people, divided into three groups and may have been in contact with animals: a first group consisting of ten hunters who participated in the same hunting party, a second, 6 people three hunters who consumed during the same meal meat reported in Orleans and a third, finally, consisting of 9 persons invited by another hunter to enjoy the product of his hunt, this time in Narbonne.
October 4, 17 of these 25 individuals (13 men and 4 women, aged 31-67 years) had symptoms of trichinosis, or not confirmed by serology or muscle biopsy. The attack rate of the epidemic is high: 68% (87% for men and 40% for women).
Meat, legs, head and tongue.
Investigators were able to reconstruct the exact route of the unfortunate animal and its remnants. On August 26, a group of ten French came hunting in the beautiful tundra in northern Quebec, rich hunting ground for its prized caribou, bear and other game, shoot a black bear (Ursus americanus) of 4 or 5 years old weighing about 150 kg. The animal is skinned, gutted and butchered on site. Meat, legs, head and all the edible parts, including language, are reported to camp. The pieces of meat are hung and suspended for three to four days.
From 28 to 30 August, hunters consume several times as stew, juicy steaks and lightly cooked, and even for some raw. On the menu of a meal, the language they took care to cook.
On 2 September, the kitchen, with the exception of his guide, leaves Canada, the direction of France. Two of them relate them to pieces, despite the legal prohibition. The same day, a meal is organized Orleans. Four days later, Narbonne is that diners taste the remains of bears kept in a freezer (- 18 ° C). At the time of the survey, all parts of the animal were either consumed or discarded. No examination has been made.
Muscle biopsies from two people (a hunter and a guest) showed a larval growth of two larvae per gram of muscle.
The hunting party finally ended well: eight people were hospitalized for ten days, on average, but none were seriously ill (no complication). Patients and some exposed patients received albendazole at a dose between 400 and 800 mg / day for 20 to 28 days.
Consumption of bear meat is a common source outbreak of trichinosis in Canada, but also in Japan, the United States, Thailand and Russia. At the time of the hunt, Canadian authorities reported no epidemic. The CNRT and the European Commission (Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection) will probably write one to hunters to notify them of the dangers of consuming uncooked meat, especially bears, and remember that the import is prohibited.
Author: Dr. Lydia Archimedes
Source: The Daily Doctor 2005
