Can you eat raw bacon rind?

It's best not to consume raw bacon rind as it's an uncooked form of pork product; there exists potential risk for exposure to microorganisms as there's absence of any heating step which may help render it free of potentially harmful or infectious pathogens.

Moreover, the curing process alone used on commercially-available bacon may not have reached sufficient intensity nor depth of penetration and duration enough to guarantee eradication of any potential hazards to a point of total sterilization.

Thus, consuming raw bacon and associated edible parts would generally carry higher food safety risk compared to the fully cooked alternative.