Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #181 of 613
Not to eat an animal with a mortal infliction (trefah)
שלא לאכול טריפה
The verse · Shemot 22:30
וְאַנְשֵׁי־קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיוּן לִי וּבָשָׂר בַּשָּׂדֶה טְרֵפָה לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ לַכֶּלֶב תַּשְׁלִכוּן אֹתוֹ
“And you shall be holy men to me: neither shall you eat any meat that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs.”
The Rambam’s words
Not to eat an animal with a mortal infliction (trefah), as [Exodus 22:30] states: "Do not eat flesh torn off [by a predator]."
שלא לאכול טריפה, שנאמר "ובשר בשדה טריפה לא תאכלו" (שמות כב,ל).
Why · Sefer HaChinuch #73
To not eat a torn animal
“It is from the roots of this commandment [that it is] because the body is an instrument of the soul — with it, it carries out its activity; without it, it can never complete its work.”
Who & when
“And this commandment is practiced in every place and at all times by males and females.”
Where in the Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Forbidden Foods הלכות מאכלות אסורות