[nuffsenuff]

I hope you didn't think I was criticizing the decision to post the picture. I wasn't. My apologies if you thought otherwise.

I was just commenting on my reaction to the photo.

And you're right. I'll think twice about what I eat in foreign lands.

[Pharmboy]

Hard to get nuance on a thread, so I assumed you were not happy with my post. I hope I didn't sound TOO defensive.

Thanks for the clarification. And, trichinosis is the muscle disease you can get from undercooked pork.

The reason that these things are rarely generated in the US is that there are now very few private farms that produce meat as a hobby. When I was in residency, we had a case of trichinosis in a family from undercooked pork, but the pig was raised by hobbyists who did not know the USDA rules and did not have vetinary checks.