Whether oxygen is used for medical emergency is not a chemical change.

A, food decay process produces new substances, which belong to chemical changes;

B, when oxygen is used in medical emergency, a new substance-carbon dioxide is produced, which belongs to chemical change;

C, copper ore produces new substances in the process of making bronze swords, which belongs to chemical changes;

D, no new substance is produced in the process of crushing alum flower with pestle, which belongs to physical change;

So choose D.