One in 10 sausages 'carries risk of hepatitis E virus'

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30006977

One in 10 sausages 'carries risk of hepatitis E virus'

One in 10 sausages and processed pork meat products in England and Wales could cause hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection if undercooked, experts warn.

There has been an "abrupt rise" in the number of cases in England and Wales as people do not realise the risk, scientists advising the government say.

Sausages should be cooked for 20 minutes at 70C to kill the virus, they said.

Although serious cases are rare, HEV can cause liver damage or be fatal.

(continued, never undercook a sausage or accept blowjobs from strangers...take my advice)

[Tero]

Eeeeeee!

[JimC]

The game of "hide the sausage" will never be the same...

[klr]

Krusty the Klown on TV: I'm going to personally spit in every 50th Krusty Burger!

Home Simpson: I like those odds!

[pErvinalia]

[mistermack]

Luckily, I like my sausages nearly burnt.
I'm more worried about the strawberries.

And fuckin watercress is very dangerous. Like pit bulls.

[pErvinalia]

Lettuce is the real killer.

[L'Emmerdeur]

From the story quoted in the OP:

However, he said, the figure of 1 in 10 sausages presenting a potential risk of hepatitis E infection if undercooked should be interpreted with caution.

"This figure was taken from a small survey (63 sausages), and is unlikely to be representative of the UK as a whole.

"Given what is known about the prevalence of high viraemia at the time of slaughter in the UK, a more representative figure would be about 1 in 100, or 1% of sausages, and any risk of infection can be alleviated by ensuring sausages are cooked thoroughly."

Apparently at least one headline editor at the BBC is somewhat of an alarmist.

[Svartalf]

Lettuce is the real killer.

Dill, dill and brussels sprouts are teh Ebill

[mistermack]

You would think that it would be fairly easy to eradicate the virus in pigs.
They can eradicate SVD and Foot-n-mouth. What's the problem?
I suspect they just can't be assed to spend the money.
Or maybe the pigs get the virus from birds or rats. That i guess would make it nearly impossible to eradicate.

My theory is it's badgers. Gas the fuckers.

[mistermack]

I just had a look on wiki, and it says about hepatitis E :

" Species of this genus infect humans, pigs, boars, deer, rats, rabbits and birds."

So it looks like there's no prospect of eradication. We'll just have to keep cooking pork properly.
That's easy when you cook your own food, but not so certain when you buy food already cooked.

[pErvinalia]

Hahaha. I thought you only did opinions? Good to see you learning to check the nonsense you post.

[mistermack]

It's a shame that the world couldn't make proper use of food irradiation.
I know it's human nature that it would inevitably be abused for fraud and selling manky shit to the public.

But this is just the sort of thing that irradiation could really be good for. The cost per pack of sausages would be absolutely minuscule. Same with chickens and turkeys. And if the packaging was high quality, it would give it a much better shelf-life.

[laklak]

Lettuce is the real killer.

Dill, dill and brussels sprouts are teh Ebill

Sprouts are Satan's Snot Balls, the mutant bastard get of a rotten cauliflower and a slime mold. Dill is all right in pickles and on fish.

[Clinton Huxley]

Radiation? Attack of the 50ft Sausage.