On: Food Practices Banned in Europe But Allowed in the US

[tshaddox]

Is there a health concern from pigs eating pig meat, or is it just something that seems gross?

[garblegarble → tshaddox]

My understanding is that it increases the risk of an infection spreading - any agent that survives the slaughter/cooking process could infect a much larger number of animals. See the BSE epidemic we had in the UK a number of years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopat...