"Upon their settlement in Canaan, the Israelites were permitted the use of animal food, but under careful restrictions which tended to lessen the evil results. The use of swine's flesh was prohibited, as also of other animals and of birds and fish whose flesh was pronounced unclean. Of the meats permitted, the eating of the fat and the blood was strictly forbidden. MH 311.3"
This verse explicitly forbids the consumption of blood, which aligns with the passage's statement that 'the eating of the fat and the blood was strictly forbidden'.