Six people in South Dakota were diagnosed with a rare parasitic disease after eating grilled bear meat at a family reunion.
A family meal of grilled bear meat went very wrong after six people were diagnosed with a rare parasitic disease.The infected individuals had attended a South Dakota family reunion in July 2022 where they consumed kebabs made from black bear meat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .The bear meat had been harvested in Saskatchewan, Canada. It was stored in a household freezer for 45 days before being thawed and grilled and was initially served undercooked.
The case was reported to the Minnesota Department of Health, which discovered that eight other family members from three states had shared the meal.'The meat was initially inadvertently served rare, reportedly because the meat was dark in color, and it was difficult for the family members to visually ascertain the level of doneness.
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