[theBCnut]

They say that the way conventionally raised pork is raised now days, you shouldn’t have all the worries that you used to. That’s why they recently changed cooking recommendations on pork. I still play it conservative and freeze all pork products. And same thing with hocks, be aware of the amount of bone and fat in them. Hocks are leg(weight bearing) bones so I don’t feed them as a source of calcium. I don’t have to wory about my dogs breaking teeth on them and definitely not the cats, but some avid chewers might be at risk.

As far as what not to feed, look for what is included in with the meat. I don’t feed things that are brined, brothed, nitrated, etc. Occasionally, I’ll get pork ribs that have some added salt, but that is rare. I try to not get anything that has stuff added to it, so no ham, no preseasoned meats, etc.

• This reply was modified 10 years, 11 months ago by theBCnut.