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Show . Timely Trichinosis Warning-. "Cook poi-Tc well" is the seasonai warning of the United States Depart ment oi Agriculture. . Uncooked or poorly cooked pork -may uesult in the serious 1 Iilnesg known at trichinosis. This disease which is pailniful and freeuently fatal, is caused by a -jmall ii-iiisite that sometimes occurs in po : K . Hogs that harbor the paracites of tri-i.iinosis niovt no systems, and pork containing the parasites look exactly the same as other pork. The mos practical means of preventiing thf dis t; ,'o is thrciasi'h cooking of point pro-du. pro-du. ts. The 'heat of cooking acstr-y!, the paniates. Hence wrl'.-erioked pork is safe and trichinosis can not t ( ateu'red if the simple rule h" fol-'. fol-'. v.'...l of cooking par-k well before it is eaten. Outbreakes of hrichino'iiii are f-n-'M-aily most common cHutring the holiday hol-iday season when various &pec;al rav n:,rk produots and delicasies are consumed. con-sumed. The trou'b'.e alio is likely tr occur after the cu-stoimary winte,- ho -l:i lir.g on farm-3, when raw product are eaten, hence the time'linesj of the present warning. The main point tc. remember is to cook pork well, "IT. S. Dept. of Agriculture. |