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  PY> From: peipyy@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov (PETER YASUDA)

  PY> Eggs are occasionally tainted with salmonella here mainly because of a
  PY> different philosophy. Rather than take the steps to eliminate the
  PY> contamination at the source, they just tell you to cook everything
  PY> thoroughly. Pork is a great example. Trichonossis could be almost
  PY> eliminated from pigs by simply not feeding them pig parts, or cooking
  PY> the scraps first. In Europe, where some raw pork dishes are popular,
  PY> raw pork is safe to eat. Here, it must be cooked to death.

That's history.  Trichinosis has essentially been eliminated in the US.  The
CDC or NIH or FDA announced, not long ago, that it was no longer any more
common in pork than in beef.

And as you suggest, the solution was indeed in control at the source -- that's
been well known for a century or so, even when we weren't doing it.