Generally quarantined and healthy female pork can be eaten, but due to the relatively older age of female pigs, the meat is tighter than normal pork, older and not easy to cook, and some will have obvious fatty fishy smell. When touched, there is obvious graininess, especially the lean meat has thicker streaks and darker color. But it does not cause harm to human body, only the taste is not good. However, for the sow pork that has not passed the qualified inspection, it may be the sow or sick pig that has been eliminated after old age, and certain toxins will accumulate in the body, and the human body may have digestive discomfort after consumption, such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. Moreover, some unqualified sow pork is rich in estrogen, which may cause mammary gland hyperplasia, abnormal secretion of hypothalamic-pituitary hormones and other problems when consumed in large quantities for a long time, and may affect the normal menstrual cycle and reproductive function for women in serious cases. In addition, some sows that fail quarantine contain a kind of immunoglobulin, especially before farrowing, which can easily be harmful to humans, causing hemolytic jaundice, anemia, and even teal or soy sauce-colored urine, a manifestation of hemoglobinuria. Therefore, you should learn to identify female pork when buying ingredients on a daily basis, figure out the basic characteristics of healthy female pork, and try to avoid choosing old female pork when buying pork. For example, when choosing pork ribs, you should pay attention to details such as the large curvature of the sow’s ribs and the thicker bones than those of normal meat pigs.