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Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain
We used anonymous questionnaires to assess the hygienic and sanitary aspects of game meat self-consumption in Eastern Spain as the first step towards a health risk assessment. The survey yielded 472 valid interviews from active hunters. The maximum possible score was 65 points (average 29 ± 8; range...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35159518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11030368 |
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author | Lizana, Victor Muniesa, Ana Cardells, Jesús López-Ramon, Jordi Aguiló-Gisbert, Jordi Lomillos, Juan M. Gortázar, Christian |
author_facet | Lizana, Victor Muniesa, Ana Cardells, Jesús López-Ramon, Jordi Aguiló-Gisbert, Jordi Lomillos, Juan M. Gortázar, Christian |
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description | We used anonymous questionnaires to assess the hygienic and sanitary aspects of game meat self-consumption in Eastern Spain as the first step towards a health risk assessment. The survey yielded 472 valid interviews from active hunters. The maximum possible score was 65 points (average 29 ± 8; range 1–52). Most participants were men (95%), but women achieved significantly better scores (p = 0.003). Hunters above 65 years old scored significantly lower results than younger groups (p = 0.007). The score increased with the educational level (p = 0.046). A 92% of the collaborators consumed game meat. Veterinary inspection and freezing were irregular among the participants. Most respondents declared carrying the animals in their personal vehicles. Of the dressing process, 61% of sites were outdoors, 68% of the participants declared using specific knives, 64% used the same clothes as in the field, and 42% used disposable gloves. The most usual way to dispose of the remains was garbage containers (41%); offal abandonment in the field was 33%, and 13% fed domestic animals using the remains. We conclude that public health authorities should increase their interest in the self-consumption of game meat. Clear guidelines about domestic dressing facilities and hygienic habits should be published, these being essential when looking for synergies with hunter associations. |
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spelling | pubmed-88340402022-02-12 Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain Lizana, Victor Muniesa, Ana Cardells, Jesús López-Ramon, Jordi Aguiló-Gisbert, Jordi Lomillos, Juan M. Gortázar, Christian Foods Article We used anonymous questionnaires to assess the hygienic and sanitary aspects of game meat self-consumption in Eastern Spain as the first step towards a health risk assessment. The survey yielded 472 valid interviews from active hunters. The maximum possible score was 65 points (average 29 ± 8; range 1–52). Most participants were men (95%), but women achieved significantly better scores (p = 0.003). Hunters above 65 years old scored significantly lower results than younger groups (p = 0.007). The score increased with the educational level (p = 0.046). A 92% of the collaborators consumed game meat. Veterinary inspection and freezing were irregular among the participants. Most respondents declared carrying the animals in their personal vehicles. Of the dressing process, 61% of sites were outdoors, 68% of the participants declared using specific knives, 64% used the same clothes as in the field, and 42% used disposable gloves. The most usual way to dispose of the remains was garbage containers (41%); offal abandonment in the field was 33%, and 13% fed domestic animals using the remains. We conclude that public health authorities should increase their interest in the self-consumption of game meat. Clear guidelines about domestic dressing facilities and hygienic habits should be published, these being essential when looking for synergies with hunter associations. MDPI 2022-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8834040/ /pubmed/35159518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11030368 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lizana, Victor Muniesa, Ana Cardells, Jesús López-Ramon, Jordi Aguiló-Gisbert, Jordi Lomillos, Juan M. Gortázar, Christian Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain |
title | Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain |
title_full | Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain |
title_fullStr | Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain |
title_full_unstemmed | Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain |
title_short | Safe Game: Hygienic Habits in Self-Consumption of Game Meat in Eastern Spain |
title_sort | safe game: hygienic habits in self-consumption of game meat in eastern spain |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35159518 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11030368 |
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