Food safety and hunted game in The Netherlands: learning from other EU member states

Abstract

The Dutch Wildlife Health Centre performed an evaluation (further referred to as the ‘Dutch evaluation’) on food safety of hunted game concerning: 1) the basic training of hunters, 2) the training of ‘trained persons (TP)’, 3) communication and feedback to stakeholders, clarification of concepts and grey areas, and 4) traceability. Insight into how other European countries are dealing with certain aspects of these subjects would be useful, and lessons could be learnt. The aim of this document was therefore to collate information from other European countries on certain points relating to the four subjects mentioned above, so that the Netherlands take this into account in the undertaken process to improve food safety in the wild game meat value chain in the Netherlands. For points that cannot be covered due to time restraints, or points for which there lacked information on internet, the aim was to indicate where to find/whom to contact.