Meat that is of reduced eating quality (e.g. watery meat) should also not be placed on the market.
Any animal diseases that may occur should be detected at an early stage. This will protect other farm animals from infection and safeguard our food supply.
In the Wolfsburg city area, the veterinary office of the city of Wolfsburg carries out the legally prescribed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections.
Slaughtering must be registered with the veterinary office of the city of Wolfsburg two days in advance.
According to the Meat Hygiene Act, cattle, pigs, goats, sheep other cloven-hoofed animals, horses, other solipeds, rabbits kept as domestic animals are subject to official inspection (ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection) before and after slaughter if their meat is intended for human consumption.
This shall apply mutatis mutandis to furred game killed by means other than killing. Killed furred game, the meat of which is intended for human consumption, is subject only to post-mortem inspection.
The ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection may be omitted for domestic rabbits and the post-mortem inspection for hunted furred game if
- no characteristics are found which make the meat appear to be safe for consumption, and
- the meat is used for personal consumption or is directly supplied to individual natural persons for personal consumption, or
- the hunted furred game is delivered immediately after killing in small quantities to nearby processing plants for delivery to consumers for consumption on the spot or for use in the own household.
Game hunting license
For the following animal species, an additional Trichinella test must be carried out after slaughter if the meat is to be used for human consumption:
- Pigs
- wild boar
- solipeds, for example horses
- foxes
- badgers
- bears
- Swamp beavers and other carnivorous animals that can carry trichinae
The reason for Trichinella testing is the fact that all carnivorous animals and humans can become infected with Trichinella through meaty food.
After an infection with trichinae, considerable symptoms of illness can occur in humans. These include, for example, circulatory disorders, diarrhea or visual disturbances. In individual cases, a Trichinella infection can even lead to death, especially in children or older people.
When submitting Trichinella samples, a game origin certificate must also be submitted, which can be printed out using the link below.
Times for submission of trichinae samples:
Monday to Friday 08:00 to 12:00.
Domestic slaughtering only occurs if the meat is used exclusively in the household.
As soon as meat is given to others, it is a commercial slaughter, where all legal hygiene regulations must be observed.
Online form game origin certificate
The KSP monitoring sample form can be collected free of charge from the Veterinary Office of the City of Wolfsburg. Please only use the form provided and do not submit any copies, as these cannot be evaluated by machine.