When I was young, we bought pork spare ribs from a local butcher shop/super market. My dad cooked them on an outdoor grill. The whole family came down with trichinosis with the exception of a sister who did not eat pork. I recall that my parents were so sick they risked dying from it. I was terrified of pork from then on.
A family friend almost died of trichinosis I the late sixties. Undercooked pork. I
That sounds like at least 50 years ago. Since then, pork in this country has been safe. Liberals used to do some things right.