Venison Producer to end user

[Fishh82]

There may be good reason why I don’t see venison offered whole in the pelt except at fur & feather auctions but I’m quite handy in the kitchen and have skinned and butchered a fair few deer in my time so would like to ‘hunt’ one down and buy a deer carcass in the pelt direct from a stalker.

I appreciate the norm is to supply venison in pelt to game dealers for onward supply but I don’t see why they should get a cut if I’m happy to process the whole animal and wandered whether a trained stalker with DSC1 can supply direct to end user/consumer, dressed and in the pelt?

Legislation suggests that it is permissible under Primary Producer exemption supplied in small quantities to either retailers or final consumer. 

If this is the case then I’d like to buy a healthy deer, that was clean shot in season, with good legs all round that I can process at home. A medium fallow would be ideal or a roe, Chinese. 

Going /kg rate paid in cash.  Looking to buy from a reputable stalker in Cambs/Beds for personal consumption only. 
 

TIA

Chris

 

 

 

 

 

[oowee]

Trained hunters (dsc 1) can only use game for their own consumption or sell to a game dealer.

https://www.deerstalkinguk.com/magazine/2017/01/31/2381/

[Fishh82]

Yep....I’ve read the same but as I said does it not come under Primary Producer exemption to supply in small quantities as I’ve outlined in my OP?

pasted from your link

Primary Producer Exemption

There is an exemption from the above rules when supply involves small quantities of in-fur/in-feather carcasses supplied either direct to the final consumer and/or to local retailers that directly supply the final consumer.

In the UK these terms are currently being interpreted as follows:

• Small quantities are now regarded as self-defining because demand for in-fur/in-feather carcases from final consumers and local retailers is limited.
• Local is within the supplying establishment’s own county plus the greater of either the neighbouring county or counties or 50 kilometres/30 miles from the boundary of the supplying establishment’s county.
• Direct supply to the final consumer is notrestricted by what is local. An individual or an estate can supply final consumers who order from them via the internet/mail order, as well as those who collect themselves.

[alan123shooting]

DSC1 can supply to local retailers, I supply the local butcher, and a couple of local pubs they take it in the fur and prep it themselves but it is supplied with the correct declaration label for traceability 

[Cushat]

Technically you need to be registered as a food business with your local authority to supply in the fur to AGHE or other end user.

look on “giving up the game” on Facebook - good source of game and deer.

[Fishh82]

Thanks for the suggestion Cushat. Will take a look. 

[243deer]

On 07/12/2020 at 21:20, oowee said:

Trained hunters (dsc 1) can only use game for their own consumption or sell to a game dealer.

please take the trouble to make sure you absolutely know what you are talking about before posting as this is simply not entirely correct and so somewhat misleading.

https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/wild-game-guidance

 

5 hours ago, Cushat said:

Technically you need to be registered as a food business with your local authority to supply in the fur to AGHE or other end user.

this is partly correct but as a trained hunter I can supply to family and friends in small quantities in the fur

most stalkers who supply to game dealers are now registered as food businesses as word has spread it is required. Even the councils are catching up as initially most of them also did not know of the requirement. Most stalkers simply register to take carcasses straight from the field to the dealer.

[oowee]

8 hours ago, 243deer said:

please take the trouble to make sure you absolutely know what you are talking about before posting as this is simply not entirely correct and so somewhat misleading.

https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/wild-game-guidance

 

 

I think if you take the trouble to read again I was responding to the question raised by the OP. I accept that my response was perfunctory but the links attached were intended to provide the detail and threads that such a question required.