Game Meat Inspection Flashcards
Where is farmed and wild game processed?
Farmed game (deer, boar, partridge, red grouse)- killed and processed in slaughterhouses
Wild game (pheasant, partidge)- if unlimited quantities and supplying to retail and wholesale: processed in Approved game handling establishmert
What are the requirments for retailers of wild game?
Directly to the final consumer or retailers that supply final consumer:
Traceability- Reg 178/ 2002- General food law regulation
Hygiene requirements- T, HACCP, transport
Unlimited quantities for retail and wholesale:
AGHE, general hygiene requirments for primary producers
Comply with regs 852, 853/2004
What ante mortem inspection does farmed game and wild game have to undergo?
Farmed game: if slaughtered on farm
* Inspected AM by OV or AV within three days of slaughter
* Bodies accompanied by: vet health cert, FCI, humane slaughter delaration
* If over 2h transport- refrigerated
Wild game:
* Hunters declaration/documentation
* Pre processing
* FBO should examine carcase prior to entry into processing area: death other than hunting, excessive contamination, HACCP
What is a AGHE?
- Approved by FSA
- OV
- Duties include: verification of hunters status as trained, HACCP in place, approved protocols for handling ABP
What is required for traceability of farmed game?
Deer:
Ear tags, passport
DEFRA herd number or british deer famers association, animals own number
Breeder:
FCI with identity, vet products/treatments with withdrawal
What happens if trained person declaration is not available?
Head/viscera inspected
ID’d
Correlated
Otherwise disposal as ABP
What is a ‘trained person’?
- FSA approved training
- Registered as food business with LA
- Knowledge and skill to identify abnormal characteristics:
Abnormal behaviour, environmental contamination, diarrhoea etc
Parasites, tumour, infectino, toxaemia
What are the duties of a trained person?
Examination of the body
* Muscle bulk- highly active animals but no nutritional support
* Lean vs emaciated- adipose tissue, coat
* Mucosae
* Natural orifices
* Traumatic lesions- aging, systemic repercussions
Large wild game- remove viscera and examine
* Odour, colour, gas, perforation, oedema, haemorrhage
* If abnormal must accompany carcase- identification of carcase, ensure cold chain maintained
What PM inspection is required for farmed and wild game?
Farmed:
Requirments as per non game species
Raddits and ostriches- visual only
Wild:
OV or MHI required
What is tested for statutory targeted sampling for residue states?
FSA- farmed and wild, random selection mostly
Large game- kidney, kidney fat, liver and muscle
Small game- entire oven reafy carcasse of bird, traceable
What must happen for trichinosis susceptible animals?
- Head and diaphragm must accompany the carcase
- Trophy- approved ABP processing plant, dispatched after test
Freezing not alternative to testing
What happens to animals slaughtered uner TB control measures with positive cases?
OV notifies APHA
Any species
What happens for large and small game PM?
Large-
* contamination associated with gralloching
* Visual examination of carcase, cavities and offal if present
* Bullet wounds, shattered bones and muscular trauma
* Healthmarking
Small-
* If batch uniform and same species and same source- min of 5%
* Batches <20 100% inspection
Rejection- exposure to pests, unacceptable storage, decomposition
What game needs health mark?
Deer
Wild boar
Ratites
Applied by FSA- 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm high letters 0.8cm, figures 1cm
If being sold to another AGHE healthmark not required
What are the temperature requirements for small and large game?
Large 7 degrees
Small 4 degrees
What are the most likely pathogenic hazards from wild game?
Toxoplasma gondii
Brucellosis
Bone fragments
Parasites- ring worm, louping ill, rabies
