[Bob434]

Noooo! (I know,you are kidding, but) Bearmeat is one of the only remaining ways to get trichinosis left. Wild boar is the other way, as some cultures still eat raw or undercooked boar meat. Our pigs raised on farms today are almost coml,etely devoid of trichinosis thanks to a change in how they are fed with today’s mandates.

It used tombe pork needed cooking to 165 which of course dried it out terribly. Now they say 140 is all that is needed- but likely a lot of folks who grew up on the 165 will have a hard time trusting the 140 number.

[Pontiac]

Bears, like pigs, carry the trichina worm parasite. The meat has to be completely cooked to be safe to eat.

It used tombe pork needed cooking to 165 which of course dried it out terribly. Now they say 140 is all that is needed- but likely a lot of folks who grew up on the 165 will have a hard time trusting the 140 number.

A better solution, that will never get to market is irradiation of the meat. 650 Rads of gamma radiation would kill any worms and any other pathogen. The meat would be perfectly safe to eat uncooked.

But radiation is taboo.

I will never get my bear sushi.