Structure and legal framework for the direct local marketing of meat and meat products from wild game in Austria: the Lower Austrian model

Salmonella in meat from hunted game: A Central European perspective

“…Also, the ante-mortem phase of the game meat chain can be quite diverse, some typical scenarios include: a. small structures, dominated by hunting free-range ungulates and lagomorphs and some bird species, with a substantial amount of meat sold under local trade, as prevailing in Central European countries (Fettinger, Smulders, & Paulsen, 2011); b. breeding semi-domesticated free-range ungulates, e.g. as practiced by the Sami culture (Wiklund & Smulders, 2011); c. harvesting and processing of de-facto free-range wild ungulates by highly-organized professional teams, as in South Africa, with a variety of harvesting techniques at day or during night (e.g.…”

Improving Hunted Wild Boar Carcass Hygiene: Roles of Different Factors Involved in the Harvest Phase

“…The population dynamics are generally controlled by hunters; therefore, the availability of wild boar meat is growing [3], and this could become a relevant part of regional economies not only for fresh meat production but also several typical meat products appreciated by consumers [12]. For this reason, certified game meat production chains following a "forest to fork" approach are desirable to obtain high-quality meat to fulfill consumer demand [13].…”