On 3/18/2017 at 3:51 PM, Ashen said:
One example where organic more problematic than standard commercial ...
That was some really big typography. But I don't see how those authors came to that conclusion based on the source they cited.
While the original study (based on 21 pig farms in Argentina) found that "...pigs raised outdoors were more likely to be infected than pigs raised in total or partial confinement," the real correlation with trichinosis was if they were fed waste products that included meat. Organic pork just means that the pigs were fed a diet that meets the organic rules. The final conclusion: "All pigs raised under good hygienic and sanitary conditions were negative for Trichinella infection by both artificial digestion and ELISA"
The takeaway is to buy from good farms. There are good and bad organic farms, good and bad conventional ones.
