Are there any precautions for handling, processing or eating meat from deer?
To minimize the risk of transmission of any infectious diseases when handling or processing deer, the following precautions are recommended: • Do not handle or eat any deer that appear sick, act strangely, or are found dead. • Wear rubber gloves when field dressing game. • Wash instruments and any parts of the body exposed to animal tissues, blood, urine, etc. thoroughly with soap and water. As an additional precaution against CWD, you can soak cleaned knives and tools for one hour in a fresh solution of household chlorine bleach (unscented) mixed with an equal amount of water (e.g., 1 quart bleach with 1 quart of water – a 50% solution), air dry, then rinse with clean water. Wipe down cleaned counters and other surfaces with 50% bleach solution and allow them to air dry. • Request that animals are processed individually, without mixing or coming into contact with meat from other animals. • Although no CWD risk to humans has been identified from consumption of venison, in general, cons
