Can I eat pork during the COVID-19 epidemic? What should I do if I can’t buy pork during the 2020 epidemic?

Pork is edible during the epidemic. Most supermarkets sell frozen pork, which is safe to eat, but the price is not cheap. However, many people have reported that they can't buy pork at all, and the pork they have stored at home has been eaten up. It's hard to eat vegetables every meal at this time. So, what should we do if we can't buy pork during the epidemic? Let's take a look!

Can I eat pork during the COVID-19 pandemic?

You can eat it.

You can think of viruses as meat. If you cook pork, the viruses will also be cooked and can be eaten. Any virus, bacteria, or parasite can be cooked and eaten. They are not much more tenacious than pork. When pork is cooked, they are also cooked.

Unless you want to eat it raw, I really can't help you with how to remove viruses from raw pork.

Don't confuse it with mad cow disease, which is a cumulative chronic poisoning, not a virus. This time it's a virus, which can be cooked. The prion of mad cow disease cannot be killed.

What to do if pork is not available during the 2020 epidemic

The pork on the market now is basically frozen, and there is no fresh pork. After all, during the epidemic, there will be no fresh pork slaughtered for you. To avoid more people being infected, it is recommended that you find someone to buy pork in a group. However, the price of pork is not cheap now.

How much does pork cost per pound in Beijing?

The price of pork in Beijing is about 47 yuan, Beijing Jingfeng Yuegezhuang Agricultural Products Wholesale Market

47.5 yuan/kg

Dayang Road Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market, Chaoyang District, Beijing

46.9 yuan/kg

Beijing Shunyi District Shunxin Shimen Agricultural Products Wholesale Market

47.2 yuan/kg

Beijing Changping Shuitun Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market

48.0 yuan/kg

Xinfadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, Fengtai District, Beijing

47.6 yuan/kg

When will pork prices return to their original levels?

Pork prices will not fall back in the short term and will continue to rise. It will take at least 1 to 2 years for pork prices to fall back to their previous levels. According to the shortest time calculation, it will take at least half a year for pork prices to fall. However, if we start from reality, considering that it will take some time to adapt from restoring production capacity to starting breeding, it will also take some time to adapt.