Thanks in advance. Hackepeter is minced pork with salt, pepper and onion. Very common in Germany and also called Thueringer Mett, sometimes filled into casings and cold smoked. In Germany, the pigs are individually inspected for trichinosis or infestation with a microscopic worm called Trichinae. A potentialy lethal and debilitating disease causing micro organism.
Trichinosis can also be present in other animals, like bear and deer.
It is transmitted by rat feces. Deer and bear that roam garbage dumps can pick it up through rat droppings. In the USA the hogs are not inspected that closely and you will take your chances eating raw pork. However, the pigs are usually raised in clean surroundings and that will exclude rat infestation. One way around that is to freeze the porkmeat to below -20F for a few days and take it from there.