On holiday in Europe - nowhere exotic/no obvious food concerns. Ordered some pork at our hotel today and after a bite or two noticed something sticking out of it. Pulled it and it came out easily...and appeared to be a worm, a couple of centimetres long 😖 After way too much time Googling it looks like if it is a worm it would most likely be a roundworm - other parasites like tapeworms grow inside you after you eat them and wouldn't appear as a worm at this point.
What would you do? Apparently roundworm infections are really rare in commercial meat nowadays, including in the country we're in, but it's really not something you want to catch. Do I just tell myself it's nothing unless I start to become ill? Or call my travel insurer? I've told guest services and after calling loads of people over to have a look, they said a manager would call me once they'd investigated a bit, but it's been hours now and I expect the managers will be clocking off for the day.
On holiday with a young BF baby so the last thing we need is to be wondering about getting really ill. Trying not to think about how much I ate if any from the couple of bites. Thanks for any moral support!