Posted on 02/26/2013 8:56:38 AM PST by algernon_garnock
SHREVEPORT, La. (CBS Houston) — Louisiana’s State Health Department forced a homeless shelter to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because it was donated from a hunter organization.
KTBS-TV reports that the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission lost 1,600 pounds of venison because the state’s Health Department doesn’t recognize Hunters for the Hungry, an organization that allows hunters to donate any extra game to charity.
“We didn’t find anything wrong with it,” Rev. Henry Martin told KTBS. “It was processed correctly, it was packaged correctly.”
The trouble began last month after the Department of Health and Hospitals received a complaint that deer meat was being served at the homeless shelter. A health inspector went out and told the homeless shelter that deer meat was not allowed to be served and that is had to be destroyed.
“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.”
Martin says that bleach had to be poured onto the meat in order to destroy it.
“They threw it in the dumpster and poured Clorox on it,” Martin told KTBS. “Not only are we losing out and it’s costing us money, the people that are hungry aren’t going to get as quality of food, the hunter that’s given his meat in good faith is losing out.”
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Sounds like a mutation of “Bloombergitis” has spread from NY (he banned donations of food to homeless shelters).
What was the complaint? If someone had gotten ill it would have been mentioned. It was probably that it was either too tough or that they couldn’t eat Bambi. I haven’t been able to go deer hunting for the past five years and we miss the venison. I process my own deer and make ground deer as well as sausage, jerky and steaks. I hope to go Turkey hunting this Spring and start deer hunting again next year.
That's it. I guess it doesn't take much to wake the Gubmint beast these days.
“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.
Anyone heard from Clorox?
How do they feel about their product being used to kill dead meat and stealing food from the famished?
So true.
Why couldn't they confiscate the meat and give it animal shelters or Alpo?
Jindal needs to address this stupidity.
This may not be as mindless as it appears. A number of states in the north have deer with what's called chronic wasting disease. It's a spongiform encephalopathy like mad cow disease. So I googled chronic wasting disease louisiana. Voila!
Enjoyed reading that link while I downed my venison sausage. Kraft has a new honey mustard w/ chipotle dressing that is just about the perfect dip or glaze for deer meat...
Never let it be said that governments actually care about all the people that they always whine about.
Nanny State PING!
Never let it be said that governments actually care about all the people that they always whine about.
Nanny State PING!
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.
Thanks for the ping!
Stupid stupid stupid!
Some people (bureaucrats) eat too well....
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Fattens them up forn the hogs.
I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help................
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Well I heard tell tht they worked for us.
When the collapse comes, former government bureaucrats had better find a good place to hide.
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Why wait? Shun, shame, and screw them over now.
“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.”
Apparently there are several diseases and/or parasites that can be transmitted from deer to humans. Sometimes the risk is in how the animal is field dressed, sometimes not.
The reason farm/ranch raised animals are as safe as they are is that they are bred, raised, slaughtered and processed under controlled conditions. Wild game is a total unknown before it is killed, however it is killed - bullet, arrow, car.
(The only deer I ever got was killed with a 1982 Chevy Malibu Classic Sedan Police Package, a ~22,680,000 gr projectile.)
I can certainly see why The State would be a little skittish about handing out venison-x to wards of said State and telling them it’s perfectly good to eat.
I don’t mean to impugn the motives of hunters but it is a huge liability risk.
So much for this bureaucrat's arguments.
It was wasted in favor of government-provided dog food.
Define "they".
“They,” the ubiquitous, anonymous people who run things. In this case, the people who want it done. Someone to come up with tests and screenings to weed out sick and diseased animals without having ultimate control over them like is had with livestock.
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