Someday I have a dream that the ADA relaxes its guidelines for certification that need everything to be so industrialized and monitored. And then, we could start selling meat of the “problem animals” that we have way too many of, like deer and boars. As long as they can stop people from breeding them (Hanoi Rat Massacre problems all over again) hunting could be a somewhat lucrative activity, and we wouldn’t be contributing to global production problems by eating meat.
Of course, we’d need people to be aware that someday once those populations are under control, we’d have to change habits. And we know how people react to change…
So, we used to allow selling deer meat. It resulted in people almost hunting deer in north America to extinction.
The ban is about animal conservation, not food safety.
Your second paragraph already happened, and we’re living in the long tail maintenance cycle that follows.
The current system of deer hunting essentially sets a quota for how many can be killed, and there’s essentially never a problem hitting that number.
In the majority of cases the deer is processed, typically by a certified processor to ensure food safety and reporting of any observed disease, and consumed.
If you don’t want the meat, some processors will process it for you and donate it and give you a discount on the trophy parts. At the least there’s a process for getting donations to people.
I’ve never heard of someone wasting the meat. Not for any moral reasons specifically, although there are those, but just based on appreciation for seasonal treat. It’s getting to the season where I’ll probably be gifted 5-10 pounds of venison, so I’m looking forward to it.
To my understanding (someone please correct me if I’m wrong) transmissions of prions disease is primarily through two methods, eating of brain matter, something most never do, even eating animals brain matter, or undercooked flesh (and/or bodily fluids - like blood, which ties into undercooked flesh).
So it should be safe in theory, as long as we properly cook the meat and don’t eat the brain. Since we do the same for all of the meat we ingest, it should be fine…
Not that I’m going to go advocating for anyone eating human meat. I’m just saying, to my understanding, if we follow standard handling and cooking, we shouldn’t really have any risk factors for prions disease. Personally, I’ll stick to beef, chicken, turkey, lamb and pork. If it’s all the same to everyone else… And obviously some delicious veggies and fruits.
Related: prions disease can result from other sources, such as genetics or “sporadically”… According to the wiki article on it, but I’m strictly speaking about transmission of the disease.
Someday I have a dream that the ADA relaxes its guidelines for certification that need everything to be so industrialized and monitored. And then, we could start selling meat of the “problem animals” that we have way too many of, like deer and boars. As long as they can stop people from breeding them (Hanoi Rat Massacre problems all over again) hunting could be a somewhat lucrative activity, and we wouldn’t be contributing to global production problems by eating meat.
Of course, we’d need people to be aware that someday once those populations are under control, we’d have to change habits. And we know how people react to change…
I think you meant the FDA? The Americans with Disabilities Act doesn’t really regulate farms.
Yes, sorry, I didn’t bother to check I had the right acronym.
So, we used to allow selling deer meat. It resulted in people almost hunting deer in north America to extinction.
The ban is about animal conservation, not food safety.
Your second paragraph already happened, and we’re living in the long tail maintenance cycle that follows.
The current system of deer hunting essentially sets a quota for how many can be killed, and there’s essentially never a problem hitting that number.
In the majority of cases the deer is processed, typically by a certified processor to ensure food safety and reporting of any observed disease, and consumed.
If you don’t want the meat, some processors will process it for you and donate it and give you a discount on the trophy parts. At the least there’s a process for getting donations to people.
I’ve never heard of someone wasting the meat. Not for any moral reasons specifically, although there are those, but just based on appreciation for seasonal treat. It’s getting to the season where I’ll probably be gifted 5-10 pounds of venison, so I’m looking forward to it.
In Alabama that quota for unantlered deer is 1 a day during the season. I’m not moving to Alabama any time soon though.
Michigan is 12 per season on public land maximum, and I think it’s unlimited on your own land.
I would visit Michigan! I’ll keep that in mind.
For a moment there I was thinking you were about to advocate for cannibalism… (sadly, prions are terrifying.)
To my understanding (someone please correct me if I’m wrong) transmissions of prions disease is primarily through two methods, eating of brain matter, something most never do, even eating animals brain matter, or undercooked flesh (and/or bodily fluids - like blood, which ties into undercooked flesh).
So it should be safe in theory, as long as we properly cook the meat and don’t eat the brain. Since we do the same for all of the meat we ingest, it should be fine…
Not that I’m going to go advocating for anyone eating human meat. I’m just saying, to my understanding, if we follow standard handling and cooking, we shouldn’t really have any risk factors for prions disease. Personally, I’ll stick to beef, chicken, turkey, lamb and pork. If it’s all the same to everyone else… And obviously some delicious veggies and fruits.
Related: prions disease can result from other sources, such as genetics or “sporadically”… According to the wiki article on it, but I’m strictly speaking about transmission of the disease.
The Americans with Disabilities Act? I wouldn’t consider people with disabilities livestock lol