The Wild Game Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995

Regulations 6(1)(e), (5) and (6) and 12(1)(i)

SCHEDULE 9TRANSPORT OF WILD GAME MEAT

1.  Wild game meat transported to licensed premises, to a cold store or to a re-wrapping centre shall be loaded at a temperature of not more than +7°C for carcases and cuts of large wild game meat, +4°C for consignments of small wild game and -12°C for frozen wild game meat and shall be transported in vehicles so designed and equipped that such meat is maintained at low temperatures throughout the period of transport.

2.  In respect of large wild game which meets the requirements of Regulation 12(2)(g)(i) to (v)(bb) carcases shall be loaded at a temperature of not lower than -1°C and no more than +7°C and must be transported to a wild game processing facility within the maximum period of 7 days from the post-mortem inspection; or -1°C and +1°C provided it is transported to a wild game processing facility within the maximum period of 15 days from the post-mortem inspection. Small wild game exported unskinned or unplucked and uneviscerated shall not be frozen.

3.  Wild game meat shall not be transported to licensed premises, to a cold store or to a re-wrapping centre in vehicles or containers which are not properly cleaned and disinfected.

4.  Vehicles used for the transport of carcases and half carcases of wild game meat shall be suitably equipped. Fittings for hanging the meat shall be provided and fixed at such a height that the meat cannot come into contact with the floor except that such fittings shall not be required where such meat is transported by aircraft in which suitable facilities have been provided.

5.  Cuts of wild game meat other than carcases and half carcases shall be suspended throughout the period of transport except where such meat is transported by aircraft in which suitable facilities have been provided; otherwise, if they are not placed in packages, they shall be placed on supports of material resistant to corrosion; and the support shall be clean and corrosion resistant and packaging shall meet the requirements of Schedule 8.