To reduce your risk of infection, your doctor may have recommended you avoid unpasteurized milk and cheese,
undercooked meat or egg products, unheated luncheon
meats or hot dogs, sprouts and cantaloupe
while pregnant because these foods are more likely to contain the pathogen.
[54]
While freezing pork at -15 °C (5 °F) for 20 days will kill any Trichinella spiralis worm, [55] trichinosis is rare in countries with well established
meat inspection programs, [56] with cases of trichinosis in humans in the United States mostly coming from consumption of raw or
undercooked wild game.