“Although the meat was processed at a slaughterhouse (Bellevue) that is permitted by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture to prepare and commercially distribute meat obtained from approved farms, deer are not an approved meat source to be distributed commercially,” the department said on its Facebook page. “And because hunters brought the deer to the slaughterhouse, there is no way to verify how the deer were killed, prepared or stored.”
I can see that. Anybody could drag roadkill to the slaughterhouse. Would you feed your family meat that no one other than an unknownn “hunter” brought in to be processed? If they can come up with a way to get wild game to meet USDA standrads then it might be different.
You do realize that the butchers are professionals right? We are not talking about Bill and Bob with a chain saw in the back yard.
And anyone with half a brain can tell the difference between a roadkill and a gun (or arrow) shot deer.
But even roadkill deer, if gutted and brought in quickly, can be safely eaten.
But as I was said a professional deer butcher can tell if the animal is safe to process and if it is not they will refuse it. They are professionals and their living depends on people coming back with their kill year after year. They are very careful to make sure that what leaves their facility is free from any taint.
Define "they".