The infection is called Trichinosis.
Its a new thing to me. I didn't know its existance until friends started telling me about some "indestructable" worm in the pork. (I started asking many ppl about it)
And I was told that it is one of the reasons why certain religions prohibit the consumption of pork.
There were lots of wrong information exchanged which really doesn't make sense to me until Mr Google came along.

Mr Google helps to dispell the two major misconceptions!

Myth 1 The worm resides only in pork/pig.

Nope. Thats incorrect.
Pig is a common vector for the worm called Trichinella spiralis. (That is due to the unhygenic pig raring methods in the past and in not-so-developed countries)
Other animals are also susceptible to this worm. In countries where pork is not consumed due to religious or other reasons, meat like mutton became a recognised vector. In other words, the worm can infect any mammal that consumes its encysted larval stages.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic612.htm & other sources...go search..

Myth 2 The worm cannot be killed by cooking the meat.

Trichinellosis due to Trichinella spiralis can be prevented by either cooking meat thoroughly at 58.5 deg C for 10 minutes or by freezing it at -20 deg C for three days. However, with other species of trichinella, the story is quite different, since they are mostly found in wild animals. For example, bears and raccoons have special proteins in their muscle cells that prevent ice crystals from forming during periods of hibernation, inadvertently permitting survival of the larvae at temperatures below freezing. Hence, the only way to render those meats edible is to cook them thoroughly.

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