2016-02-22 Game Managemetn Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes—February 22, 2016 (W TL: Speaking of Freddy Nobriga and... [Unclear] cattle for, ah, you know, fundraisers and stuff like that... JE: Yeah... TL: Does that require USDA as well or can that just be— how does that work? JE: I don't think, you know, if you go and get pipi up, you know, maybe, ah, maybe DHHL can explain that and stuff like that, but, you know, I believe they're basically giving away their meats, you know, to the homesteaders, you see, so as far as, and they know where it's coming from, you see, it's not something that— like, you know, OK, we're getting this meat from, you know, some place that, you know, and rustle all this cattle and stuff and now just go and sell 'em out into the market, you know, it's nothing like that, you know, there's a —what do you call it—there's a track— not a track record —what is it that they call, um, a process, but it's all —what you call — dated or you know where the meat came from, yeah, kinda like documenting it and stuff like that— like, in other words, you got lot numbers, right, OK, so if a farmer has certain eggs that he purchased, ah, you know, he raised and stuff like that and it goes up to the market and stuff like —there's lot numbers, you see, but you know where that eggs came from — same-same like this, you know. You're gonna know where the animal comes from. You're gonna know how it was processed, how it was taken care of, you're gonna know that it was one shot, one kill, you know, and you're gonna know that it was stress free, you see, you're gonna know that it was humanely done and respected as an animal that's gonna be put on your family's table. So we got to look at quality, you know, we gotta look at all those things and it becomes protocol, you know, there's no steps missing —that's why if you — I wish I had that other part with the pipi because right after the pig, the pua'a, was taken care of, it was total wash down and sanitation. Every animal that we go through — that's not just, OK, the one sheep, OK, we got a whole bunch of thirty sheeps and stuff, OK, well no need clean 'em because it's thirty sheeps — no way! After each animal harvested, it's washed down, OK, because you don't know, you know, what the animals might have. I mean, the inspector's there to look at the outside but when we get into the inside — there might be a different story, you see? So, but, it's inspected, so there's a process. TL: So when we're speaking of like game, for example, is that a viable — does it have to be alive when it gets to you? It has to, right? JE: Ah, yes... 19