Pork is the culinary name for meat, from the domestic pig (Sus scrofa), often specifically the fresh meat but can be used as an all-inclusive term. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig cultivation dating back to 5000 BC.Pork is eaten in various forms, including cooked (as roast pork), cured or smoked (ham, including the Italian Prosciutto) or a combination of these methods (gammon, bacon or Pancetta). It is also a common ingredient of sausages. As with beef in Hinduism, pork consumption is taboo in Islam, Judaism and some types of Christianity.

Indiana, Minnesota pork plant illnesses under investigation. meatpackers in Austin, Minn., and two at a plant in Indiana have reported symptoms ranging from numbness, tingling and worsening weakness in their arms and legs to paralysis. Is this a zombie outbreak that's being covered up? Do they suffer in silence?

US - Workers at an Indiana pork plant have reported tingling and numbness in their arms and legs and general fatigue - the same symptoms that affected employees at an abattoir in Austin, Minnesota towards the end of last year.

Five of the workers had symptoms consistent with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, a condition characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory functions in legs and arms. It is treated with steroids and immunosuppressant drugs, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Who cares about cholesterol on death row? For his final meal TJ Jones requested a Triple meat cheeseburger with fried bun and everything, French fries, ketchup, four pieces of chicken (two legs and two thighs), and one fried pork chop sandwich.