Family infected with parasitic worms in US after eating bear meat, CDC says-Six people who ate a meal in South Dakota in 2022 with black bear meat diagnosed with trichinellosis, a parasitic zoonotic disease

Guardian ^ | 26 May 2024 | Maya Yang Sun

[SJackson]

Six people who shared a meal involving black bear meat kebabs have been diagnosed with trichinellosis, a parasitic zoonotic disease.

In a new report released this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that in July 2022, a 29-year old hospitalized patient with suspected trichinellosis was reported to the Minnesota health department. His symptoms included fever, severe muscle aches, periorbital edema or eye swelling, and eosinophilia or the condition of elevated levels of eosinophils, a type of white blood cell.

According to the report, a week prior to the symptoms appearing, the patient and eight other people shared a meal that included the meat of a black bear which had been frozen for 45 days before being grilled and served rare with vegetables that had been cooked with the meat.

An investigation into the incident found six trichinellosis cases, including two in people who consumed only the vegetables. Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of trichinella, a type of roundworm. Typically, meat contaminated with the trichinella larvae comes from meat-eating animals such as bears, wild boars or walruses.

Molecular testing found that larvae from the bear meat had been frozen in a household freezer for more than 15 weeks and that the larvae was trichinella nativa, a freeze-resistant species.

[SJackson]

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Well done, not rare.

[PGR88]

Bear meat sushi is NOT a thing, people!

[mware]

Served rare is the key to this problem. Not hot enough to kill the larva.

[Boogieman]

“periorbital edema or eye swelling”

Yeah, worms in your eyeballs might do that.

[metmom]

Exactly.

[OKSooner]

Gotta heat it up.

[Big Red Badger]

Man eats Bear...
Not Good.

[deport]

Maybe they should switch to BARE meat instead.....

[Red Badger]

Bare Bear Ping!............

[Allegra]

A beary scary story

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Yes, bear meat should be ‘crispy’......................

[FrozenAssets]

Bears eat a lot of mice and other small rodents. These critters are part of the life cycle of trichinella. Once encysted, the larvae are very difficult to kill. It requires a high heat.

trichinellosis used to be a major concern with pork. Many thought it came from hogs eating food scraps. It turns out it came from hogs eating the rodents that were also feeding on the food scraps.

[goodnesswins]

“An investigation into the incident found six trichinellosis cases, including two in people who consumed only the vegetables.”

Huh?

[goodnesswins]

Soooo...does CDC now want everyone vaxxed against undercooked bear meat?

[Torahman]

Eat Kosher; you’ll live longer.

[vetvetdoug]

Food borne illness prevention 101....pork and bear is to be thoroughly cooked before consuming. Beef has a tapeworm, salmon has a dangerous parasite, fish from the Great Lakes a giant tapeworm....I don’t eat sushi.

[SERE_DOC]

I’m sure its just a fluke.

[SERE_DOC]

or halal?