Can Science Clean Up Swine?

"Trichinellosis, also called trichinosis, is a disease that people can get by eating raw or undercooked meat from animals infected with the microscopic parasite Trichinella.

Successful trichinae control programs by the U.S. pork industry have nearly eliminated the disease in domestic swine raised in confinement, but hogs raised outdoors in close contact with rodents and other wildlife have an increased chance of acquiring Trichinella infection."
CDC - Trichinellosis

"Trichinosis is a food-borne disease caused by a microscopic parasite called Trichinella. People can get this disease by eating raw or undercooked meat from animals infected with the parasite. Often these infected meats come from wild game, such as bear, or pork products."
Trichinosis Fact Sheet

"In January 2017, 12 cases of trichinellosis were reported among persons who attended an event on December 28, 2016, at which larb, a traditional Laotian raw pork dish, was served. The implicated pork came from a domesticated wild boar raised and slaughtered on a private farm in northern California; leftover samples were found to contain Trichinella spiralis. Nine infected persons were hospitalized with sepsis and seven had acute kidney injury."
Trichinellosis Outbreak Linked to Consumption of Privately Raised...

Leviticus 11:7
"And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you."

So, can science work its magic and clean up this unclean animal or does it remain unclean, because the Bible says so?

The IbanezerScrooge said:

It seems you've linked yourself to the answer already:

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So, you say yes, because of a link to an article . I say no, because of the Bible Scripture in the OP.

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You mean people that continue to eat pig, knowing that the Bible has deemed it unclean, and agreed upon by biologists?

RDKirk said:

Don't undercook pork.

Or anything else. Modern processing leaves beef and chicken just about as likely for disease.

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"Political and economic changes have caused an increase in the prevalence and incidence rates of this parasite in many European countries.[13] This complicates the meat trade industry within European countries, and complicates exportation of pork outside of these countries.[13] The European Commission proposed a new regulation to implement specific rules for food safety.[13]

Illegal pork importation from places with low safety standards allows the spread of the parasite from endemic to non-endemic countries.[13] Illegal importation and new food practices have resulted in human trichinosis outbreaks in many European countries, including: Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.[13]

The economic cost of detecting trichinosis can be another cost burden. In 1998, it was estimated to cost $3.00 per pig in order to detect the parasite.[13] In order to control Trichinella infection, the European Union has condemned 190 million pigs, leading to a substantial economic impact of about $570 million per year."
Trichinella spiralis - Wikipedia

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Jesus didn't give such a pass. The things that were given by the Creator in the Torah, were given for the entire well being of mankind, including dietary laws and the sexual guidelines mentioned by another poster, for the body.

sfs said:

For those who keep kosher, pork will remain unclean, regardless of whether it is safe to eat or not. For those who do not keep kosher (including the great majority of Christians, based on the New Testament), pork is not unclean, again regardless of its safety. Two quite different concepts.

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So, you believe that people have the ability to change what Scripture calls unclean into clean?

lasthero said:

I think we’d all be living in a much different country if Christians weren’t allowed to eat pork.

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Much healthier and cost effective...yes.

Quid est Veritas? said:

Doesn't matter to us Christians though, unless you are a Messianic Jew

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Your physical well being doesn't matter?

Gracia Singh said:

Bacon is awesome.

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