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    Game and public health

    May 01, 2019 3 minutes

    The game hygiene regulations were introduced throughout Europe in 2004 and came into force in the UK in January 2006. Later that year, the Trained Hunter (TH) qualification was introduced to ensure that anyone who was placing game into the food chain was suitably knowledgeable to avert risk to the public health. However, if the carcase is for your own consumption then the legislation does not apply.

    At the time it was introduced I remember there were some vociferous complaints from a minority about how unnecessary

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