The Cause of Trichinosis and Its Prevention Through Safe Food Handling Practices

Alina Balaguero and Keith R. Schneider

Release Date: 5/28/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

This is one in a series of fact sheets discussing common foodborne pathogens of interest to food handlers, processors, and retailers.

About this Publication

This document is FSHN10-05, one of a series of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2010. Revised November 2013 and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Alina Balaguero, student; and Keith R. Schneider, Ph.D., professor; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

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Keith Schneider

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