Australian Standard for the Hygienic Production of Wild Game Meat for Human Consumption

This Standard states the standards required for producing game meat for human consumption from wild animals and birds killed in their natural environment.

It sets the minimum standards required in hygiene for harvesting, transporting, processing, packaging and storage, to ensure a safe and wholesome product.

Provision is made for small animals such as hare and game birds presented whole.

The Standard does not apply to production from animals or birds unable to roam free, herded or kept under supervision, nor to processing game animals into processed meat products.

It does not apply to birds presented for sale eviscerated and without feathers.

Generally, it does not apply to 'captured game', which can have detailed antemortem inspection prior to slaughter.

However, possum presented live are included within this Standard. ""This Standard"" completely supersedes the previous version (SCARM Report No 57; AS 4464:1997).

This title contains a series of appendices covering: Microbiological Standards; Physical Contamination Standards; Residue Performance Standards; Post-Mortem Procedure for Macropods, Wild Boar, Wild Goats, Brushtail Possums, Rabbits and Hares, Wild Horses and Donkeys; and, Game Post-Mortem Inspection Report.