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Handling and Preparing Specific Foods

  • Specific Foods Home
  • Frozen Chicken
  • Eggs
  • Home Made Ice Cream
  • Wild Game
  • Turkey
  • Hamburger
  • Fish and Seafood
  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Raw Milk
  • Irradiation and Pasteurization

Food Safety

  • Food Safety Home
  • Clean & Separate
  • Cook & Chill
  • Storing & Preserving
  • Cooking Away From Home
  • Handling and Preparing Specific Foods
  • Food Safety in Emergencies
  • Alerts and Recalls
  • Print Materials

More Food Safety

  • Foodborne Illness
  • Food Business Safety
  • Food Safety for Schools
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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
Food Safety Comment Form

Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
Food Safety Comment Form

Wild Game Meat

Food safety information on deer, farm-raised game, rabbit, bison, and other game meats.

Food safety in wild game:

  • Safe Handling of Wild Game Meats: Clemson University
    Clemson University Fact sheet that includes information on care in the field and kitchen.>

Food safety in deer in Minnesota:

  • Field to Fork: Field Dressing Deer with Food Safety in Mind (PDF): DNR
    Proper Field Dressing, Transportation and Processing, Donating hunter-harvested deer in Minnesota, and Chronic Wasting Disease Information for Hunters. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Wild game dinners in restaurants and other food businesses:

  • Wild Game Dinners (PDF)
    Wild game dinners have been held for many years in Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Health developed guidelines in 1985, which were later incorporated into the Minnesota Food Code.
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Last Updated: 10/20/2022

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