Warning over infected meat

The infected meat was unwittingly sold in 10 outlets

The Food Standards Agency in Scotland has issued a warning about infected venison which was sold in August and September.

The meat from Finnart Estate at Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, was supplied by Pitlochry Game Services and sold in a number of outlets in Scotland and one in Cumbria.

The FSA said the meat came from red deer tranquilised with drugs which are not safe to consume.

It is understood that a small number of the deer on the Finnart Estate were tranquilised with Immobilin and revived with the antidote Revivon.

Although these drugs are widely used in herd management, the meat is not safe to eat.

Because the venison was passed from the estate to Pitlochry Game Services which in turn supplied 10 butchers and farm shops, the FSA is advising that anyone who bought the meat between 11 August and the end of September should not eat it.

The FSA has issued a list of the outlets which may have unwittingly sold the affected meat.

They are:

• Strathmore Game Foods, Burrelton, Perthshire

• Ochil Foods, Auchterarder

• Quality Fayre Scotland, South Methven Street, Perth

• Lurgan Farm Shop, by Aberfeldy

• Fair and Square Game, Crianlarich

• John Mitchell, Vinney Bank Farm, Craichie, Forfar

• Tombuie Smokehouse, Balnacraig, Aberfeldy

• Dunkeld Butcher, Bridge Street, Dunkeld

• Crombie's of Edinburgh, Broughton Street, Edinburgh

• Sillfield Farm, Endmoor, Kendal, Cumbria