Pork is meat from a pig, usually fresh and not smoked or salted. fried pork chops. a packet of pork sausages. Flesh of hogs, usually slaughtered between the ages of six months and one year. The world's most popular meat, it is consumed fresh in various cuts or preparations, including chops and sausage, or cured or smoked for ham, bacon, dry sausage, or other products. Because pigs may be infected by the parasitic disease trichinosis, fresh pork must be cooked to an internal temperature of 160 °F (71 °C) to destroy the parasite. Pork is proscribed by the dietary laws of Islam and Judaism
{i} meat derived from pigs; pork barrel, use of funds by the government for projects intended to win votes; appointments made by the government for political reasons and not for public advantage
Extraneous items that members of Congress tack onto bills to benefit specific interests in their congressional districts or home state
Funds, projects, appropriations, appointments and favors obtained by a representative for his district It usually implies that these projects are not needed