U.S. Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
Date of this Version
1966
Citation
Leaflet No. 428 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Abstract
Trichinosis is a disease that is caused by small threadlike worms called trichinae. I It is not catching. People get trichinosis when they eat raw or underdone pork that contains trichinae. Few of the millions of hogs killed each year for food have living trichinae in their muscles, but, since there are some, you should never eat pork that is not properly cooked. Cooking pork throughout kills the worms.
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