Hi Ron and Paleophiles! >While I >believe pork to be a safe food for human consumption, I would welcome >research that subjected that notion to rigorous investigation. I have the rigorously investigated research. Coincidentally, I purchased some 'wild' boar from my neighbourhood wild meat butcher recently. As the days of eating boar went by, I developed burning itchy acne, so painful that I had to go to bed with ice packs on my back and shoulders; arthritis developed in my right knee, my left thumb began to get arthritis and I became lethargic. I decided to check out what these "wild' boars were eating: http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/financial/farm1997/cac14s01.html Wheat!, barley!, soy! and premix? (I had naively hoped that the boars had eaten their traditional diet of acorns, tubers and earthworms). So I would conclude that if the boar is being fed a grain free, soy free, non-genetically engineered diet, it would be safe, but otherwise it can make people who are longtime celiacs or paleopeople very ill. I looked up 'pork feed' and read this: Garbage should only be fed to swine if established food safety practices are adhered to. From: http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/safepork/feed.html Pigs are fed grains: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/Pigs.html#feed So, celiacs who are intolerant to gluten and intolerant paleopeople could have a problem with pork too. Paleobest, Susan