A business in New Zealand has been fined for the illegal sale of home-kill meat through butcher shops.
Canterbury Homekill Services Limited (CHK) and owners Noel Womersley and Halena Hitchcock were sentenced to multiple charges under the Animal Products Act in Christchurch District Court.
The company and its owners were
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It’s hunting season, and just like hunters need to be well trained in gun safety to avoid accidents, hunters also need to be well trained in food safety to avoid foodborne illnesses.
Those who field dress animals, fish and birds are often unaware of the potential risks associated with foodborne
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Two people have been diagnosed with trichinellosis after eating undercooked wild boar meat in France.
The animal was killed during a hunt on Dec. 8, 2020, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region. The two hunters from Vallespir fell ill in January this year.
Trichinellosis, or trichinosis, is an illness people can get
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By a much larger margin than expected, California voters have decided they can live without labels on genetically modified food, a decision that means the state will not be at odds with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s policy of not labeling GM foods, which goes back more than
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Voters in 38 states Tuesday will decide upon 174 statewide ballot measures, and perhaps luckily, none are specifically about food safety. But like California’s highly touted Proposition 37 to require labeling of food made from genetically modified crops, several states are deciding on ballot measures that at least kick around
Continue Reading There is More for Food Voters to Chew Over Than Just Proposition 37
Elk hunting in Washington State’s Skagit River area came to an abrupt end Dec. 28th and it wasn’t pretty.
The state Wildlife Department says Elk Area 4941 was closed to further hunting because “the harvest objective for the area has been met and the conduct of hunters has become disorderly
“My First Hunt” is the South Dakota Game, Fish, & Parks Department’s latest way of getting more kids to drop their video games and go hunting.
“We invite you to share a photo of your first hunt,” says the SD GF&P website. “Your picture can be of you with your
Hunting season is well underway. Countless hopeful men, women, and children dressed in camouflage and bright orange have ventured into the wilderness in search of wild game.
Like livestock, deer, elk, wild pigs, and other game can carry pathogenic bacteria like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Campylobacter jejuni.
Proper processing
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