Being that many restaurants who serve pork chops recommend that they're cooked medium rare I think we're out of the woods with regards to Trichinella. It's different than cancer or maladies related to old age, etc.Yes, the 66 cases over a 5 year period is pretty small, but the CDC can only document cases that it hears about involving humans. There are no such statistics involving pets unfortunately. It could very well be that there is a decline in Trichinella as people have become more aware of safe practices when it comes to handling meat, but as far as the commercial pet food industry, who knows what goes on in those factories as to whether the handling and processing of meat is being done safely?
In any case I believe the original intent behind this thread was that Pork in general was bad for cats and there simply is a dearth of evidence proving such.
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