• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    AFAIK, you are correct. The prion diseases are primarily a risk from consuming brains. However, meat can get contaminated during the slaughtering and butchering process. so eating animals (or people) that have prion diseases is usually strongly discouraged. Especially since prion diseases can take years to show up in people.

    It’s also a problem with Chronic Wasting Disease in deer.