Does this Notice make custom exempt “wild game” products amenable and therefore U.S. inspected?
A. No, FSIS Notice 15-06 does not change the FMIA, PPIA, or any regulation. Wild game, game birds, migratory water fowl, and rabbit cannot be custom exempt from the provisions of the FMIA or PPIA as they are not subject to the FMIA or PPIA. Wild game products are not amenable to inspection. Q. If a hunter takes his deer to a federally inspected establishment, can the establishment add inspected pork to the sausage mix, produce deer hotdogs under USDA inspection, properly label the ingredients with the inspection legend, and market them for sale to the public? A. No. There must be assurance that animal tissues, whether from amenable or non-amenable animals, are clean, sound, healthful, and wholesome if they are to be used in product that is to receive the mark of inspection. Such assurance is generally not possible with an animal killed by hunting. There simply is not sufficient knowledge about the animal necessary to make a finding that the meat from the animal is not adulterated.
