[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.
But there's an important difference: The
wild game that I see served in fancy restaurants in the capital of Cameroon is much more likely to transmit a dangerous virus to the person who hunted and butchered it, or to the cook who prepared it, or to the restaurant patron who ate the meat
undercooked, than is my brunch of smoked fish and bagels.