Wild Game Flashcards
Name 5 benefits of controlled hunting:
- Pest control (pigeons)
- Population control (deer)
- Two million hectares are actively managed for conservation as a result of shooting
- Shooting is involved in the management of 2/3 of rural land area
- Shoot providers spend nearly £250 million a year on conservation.
How much do shooters spend a year on goods and services?
£2.5 billion
How many full time jobs does shooting support?
74, 000
How much is shooting worth to the economy?
£2 billion
What what happen if deer populations were not controlled?
They would die by disease or starvation, or there would be too many of them - last wolf died in 1746.
Name 2 advantages of farmed game?
- The meat keeps its organoleptic wild-game qualities regardless of the food.
- It is available year round, not just during hunting season.
How many deer farms in the UK and which breeds mainly?
33 000 and mainly Red deer and Farrow deer.
where does most wild boar meat come from in the UK?
It is farmed.
What % of wild birds in the UK originate from holdings where they were reared/farmed?
80%
Name the 4 main sub-products of wild game?
- Velvet antler (used in oriental medicine)
- Leather (better strength and can be processed to very thin leather)
- Feathers
- Meat
Which law sets the general food law requirements, including trace ability of food, feed and food producing animals?
(EC) 178/2002
Which regulation sets general hygiene rules applying to all food businesses?
(EC) 182/2004
Which regulation sets additional hygiene rules to businesses producing food of animal origin? Which section covers wild game in AGHEs (Approved Game Handling Establishments).
(EC) 183/2004
- section IV, Annex III
What does AGHE mean?
Approved Game Handling Establishments.
Name two additional acts which apply to game meat?
Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Transport regulations and Regulation 2073/ 2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.
what is a domestic soliped mean?
Domestic horses
Which animals are included under the term ‘domestic ungulates’
Cows, pigs, sheep, goats and horses.
What is a ratite?
A bird without a keel, a flat breast bone and therefore unable to fly.
What is included under the term ‘lagomorph’?
Rabbits, hares and rodents.
What is included under the term ‘wild game’?
Wild ungulates and lagomorphs and wild birds.
What is ‘small wild game’?
Game birds and lagomorphs shot freely in the wild.
‘Large wild game’
Land mammals that do not fall under small wild game.
What does ‘farmed game’ mean?
Means farmed ratites and farmed land animals other than domestic ungulates.
What does ‘farmed game’ not include?
Domestic ungulates and birds (chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, partridge, quail, pigeons and pheasants) that fall under the poultry definition.
What is an AGHE?
Authorised Game Handling Establishment where processing of wild meat occurs and where the inspection will be carried out by an OV or MHI (from the FSA).
What does park game mean?
Normally refers to deer herds that roam freely in protected parkland. This is wild game, not farmed game.
What is farmed game?
Traditionally wild animals e.g. mammals and ratites, which are kept as domestic animals.
Wild game definition?
Animals that were living in the wild when they were hunted (might have been hatched/reared in farm-like conditions before introduced to the wild).
What kind of game is fit for human consumption?
ONLY wild game killed by hunters.
Name a feature of game meat to look at?
It is traditionally darker than turkey or chicken meat.
If the meat is farmed and killed at an abattoir, who carries out the AM and PM?
AM - OV
PM - OV/MHI
If farmed and killed on farm, who does the AM and PM?
AM - AV (authorised veterinarian) or OV
PM - OV or MHI at the approved abattoir.
Who carries out AM inspection of wild game?
An AM is not done, but a declaration from the hunter is needed in large wild game.
Who carries out PM of large wild game?
Only OV/MHI if taken to an AGHE. In other circumstances, PM completed by trained hunter in the field.
Small wild game PM?
Completed by OV/MHI in 5% carcasses submitted per batch to an AGHE.
What do we rely on in terms of pathology and testing?
the trained person’s honesty.
How should wild boars and deer be identified as farm animals?
Deer should be tagged and wild boar slap marked.
Which regulation is the movement of live farmed game subject to?
Welfare at Transport regulations
What is the FCI if the Farmed Game animals are killed at the farm?
Health Certificate
Is FCI needed for WIld Game Animals?
No, but need Hunter’s declaration/ Trained person Declaration in Large Wild Game. Not needed in small game, although recommended.
What legislation applies if you shoot wild game for private consumption or small quantities to local retailers?
No legislation applies.
If supplying small quantities to final consumer or local retailer, should be registered with LA.
What legislation applied if you supply game to AGHE?
Need to be registered with local authority and comply with regulations.
Is an OV required for AM of farmed game?
Yes, always.
What if you are not the hunter, but the transporter of game meat to a AGHE?
You must comply with hygiene regulations regarding transport, need to be registered with LA and must ensure the trained declaration is available for the FBO at the AGHE.
What is needed if you shoot and cook game, and supply to final consumer?
Must inform the LA and comply with hygiene requirements and have a HACCP system.
What about if your main business is preparing game and selling onwards?
- you are a FBO
- must contact FSA to obtain AGHE license
- comply with hygiene and HACCP system
- Only accept large game that has been examined by a trained person.
What should a trained person have?
Sufficient knowledge of the pathology of wild game, and the production and handling of wild game meat after hunting.
Is the trained person always the hunter?
No, but the hunter needs to report to the trained person any abnormal behaviour before killing.
Where is training too become a trained person offered?
Lantra, or the National Gamekeepers Organisation (NGO).
Who automatically qualifies as a trained person?
Qualified professionals such as vets, doctors, environmental health officers or MHI
Name 6 things that must be in documentation, except for private consumption?
- Trained Hunter declaration/Trainer person declaration
- Date, Time and place of killing
- must state: No suspiscion of environmental contamination
- no abnormal behaviour was observed before killing
- Numbered
- attach to carcass, or clearly correlate the relevant carcass.
What has to be identified with a number?
Each trained person has a unique license number that has to be in the declaration.
The carcasses also have to be identified with a number.
Name 7 things on a declaration form which are required by law?
- Declaration number
- Time shot
- Date shot
- Location
- Declare that no abnormal behaviour was observed and no environmental contamination
- Vehicle registration number
- Species
- Quantitity
What documentation is required with small game?
No declaration required, except abnormal behaviour, characteristics or environmental contamination reported to OV at the AGHE.
What is wild boar susceptible to and what needs to accompany the body to the AGHE?
Trichinellosis - the head (not tusks) and diaphragm.