<p>I’m more concerned about my food budget for the summer than about being infected by a dead animal I’ve cooked thoroughly. (Unless you tell me this particular virus can survive in a 400 degree oven too.)</p>
<p>So, in terms of a buyer’s market – a good thing or a bad thing?</p>
<p>Decreased demand for pig products might lead to lower prices.</p>
<p>However, more pigs could be destroyed in efforts to contain the flu, raising prices. </p>
<p>I’m just hoping the former effect outweighs the latter. Could pork be even cheaper than chicken? Last time I checked the cheapest was selling for like 1.49/ib at the nearby supermarket, but that was <em>before</em> the “pandemic”. I haven’t visited since then. I know around Thanksgiving the cheapest meat cuts (chicken) were selling for like 0.79/ib but now they regularly sell for than twice that, so hopefully we can see a return to cheaper meat prices…</p>
<p>The virus CAN be spread from a live pig, but not from a DEAD pig or any of its meat. However, there will be fears of the meat, and this may mean ignorance will cause less people to buy/eat it. I would guess the price would go down as the supply would go up.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine a scenario where large numbers of swine were killed in order to stop the spread of the virus, but anything is possible I suppose. Perhaps sick swine would be left to die rather than have human contact, or swine would be quarantined,… but I don’t think so. </p>
<p>And to me a pork tenderloin can be the best meal…</p>
<p>The filth doesn’t matter after you wash the hog down and then give it a nice butchering, then you heat it at 350 to 425 F (depending on recipe).</p>
<p>I mean, otherwise you should think clam is disgusting (bivalve filter feeders), or cow, or deer, or duck, or goose…</p>
<p>Egypt has given out the order to slaughter pigs in its territory. These pigs are marketed to the minority Christian population. In some Islamic countries (e.g. Saudia Arbaia, UAE) pigs are not allowed, period.</p>
<p>Yeah Egypt gave the orders to slaughter every pig in its territory… even though most contact is probably spread human to human and they haven’t even had a verified case yet.</p>
<p>all pigs are fine, the name originates because someone got it from a pig in mexico long ago, but…only way to get it is human to human…but because of the name, yes the pork prices will be affected.</p>
<p>During the large Avian Flu scare a few years ago health experts recommended farmers and governments destroy massive amounts of poultry. I remember them doing it in lots of Asia and a considerable amount of Europe.</p>
<p>Also, I sincerely hope you’re not actually heating that pork up to 400° otherwise it’s going to be tougher than shoe leather.</p>
<p>If some meat from pigs was offered for dinner at this time, I might eat it ( 50/50). Though, I understand why many are avoiding meat from pigs at the moment… just being cautious, and never know at this current time if pigs are at a higher percentage of boosting, containing etc… any flu or somesort, and since from what I read it was started by pigs, so…</p>
<p>When you cook meat, you are basically denaturing (unfolding) the proteins, inactivating everything but primary structure. Add some tenderising acidic solution or marinade (that would include citric acid, acetic acid, tannins in cooking wine) to lower the pH to encourage the inactivation of muscle proteins. Imagine actin and tubulin fibers being pried apart and disassembled. That’s why pathogens get killed in general. Now imagine what is happening to viruses’ protein coats found in that environment, as they unfold, exposing the fragile viral DNA to the environment, which starts becoming unstable and degraded around 60-72 degrees Celsius. (Depending on your A-T/C-G ratio.) Really now?</p>
<p>Last time I checked that have been no confirmed cases in pigs.
And whoever said pigs are filthy animals- have you ever actually been around pigs in real life?</p>