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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting
<br /> Minutes—February 22, 2016
<br /> MA: If it's under USDA inspection, yes, because there has to be a —what's
<br /> called an "anti-mortum" inspection, um, cause they're basically looking for
<br /> any signs of neurological disease and that can only be observed when the
<br /> animal's alive and then after slaughter then those animals would then be
<br /> opened up and they'd look at organs — look at brain tissue — and make
<br /> determinations if there's anything that's undesirable there.
<br /> TL: I mean, this is just off the top of my head question...
<br /> MA: Um-hum.
<br /> TL: ...you know, they're not bringing down 30 or 40 sheep anymore, I don't
<br /> think, but, you know, like on an eradication, for example, which, you know,
<br /> they may be moving into, ah, private lands and other things going on
<br /> which some of [unclear] that Tony's gonna [unclear] if he's still here, um,
<br /> later on, um, so those animals can just be brought down to you and, ah, I
<br /> mean, they'd be dead already but, um...
<br /> MA: And that would be under the classification of an exempt slaughter— cause
<br /> not all slaughter has to be inspected by USDA. In fact, there's species that
<br /> don't require it. But if it's gonna be introduced into retail sales and that's
<br /> pretty much your trigger for requiring the USDA inspection — so under
<br /> exempt we can process anything —feral — they can be brought in after
<br /> killed and then the skin eviscerated, slaughtered, any cleaning necessary
<br /> — all that stuff done.
<br /> TL: Oh, interesting...
<br /> KD: I get, you know, I know there's some pros in there and some cons for
<br /> this...
<br /> ?: Just like when we first started up with GMAC, ah?
<br /> BC: Pros and cons...
<br /> KD: Yeah, see, no, my concern is OK, small scale, you guys talk about small
<br /> scale, so you get auntie here, you know, as elderly as she is, she get
<br /> maybe one two head, she like cut and wrap. It would be more advisable
<br /> for her to see one of the local ones that one just cut and wrap already and
<br /> slaughter versus the price you going pay for buy-in and the fee she going
<br /> pay but it doesn't include the— her cut and wrap.
<br /> JE: Well, that's, that's for her own, yeah?
<br /> KD: Yeah, but, that's what I'm saying, so if this is one community thing and if
<br /> this is one small scale thing, but it looks like your non-profit going coop,
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