The first forbidden food mentioned in the verses is “carcass”. An animal that dies naturally has died
due to a communicable disease, a poisonous weed or a similar cause. Germs in the mouth, throat and
intestines of an animal that died naturally or died in agony invade the tissues and reproduce there, therebylead to the stinking and decaying of the animal. If humans eat such animals, they may be stricken by various
diseases or may even die.7