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Ag department to begin testing all donated venison for lead

Ag department to begin testing all donated venison for lead

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced today it's finding more toxic lead in venison donated to food shelves and will now begin testing all donated meat. Michael Schommer, Communications Director for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, talked to Tom Crann about the process and what this means to venison consumers.
by Tom Crann

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Minn. testing finds lead in donated venison

Minn. testing finds lead in donated venison

The Minnesota Department of Health will begin testing all donated venison before it's distributed by food shelves due to fears of lead contamination.

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Venison donation program undergoes changes

Venison donation program undergoes changes

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has new requirements for processors who want to donate venison to Minnesota food shelves, after discovering lead fragments in packages of hunter-donated meat last spring.
by Lorna Benson

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Wisconsin hunter gets 69 years in prison for killing Hmong man

James Nichols was convicted last month of second-degree intentional homicide in the death of Cha Vang of Green Bay. The slaying rekindled racial tension in northern Wisconsin, where a Hmong deer hunter fatally shot six white hunters three years ago.

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State picks up bill for butchering, if hunters donate their game

State picks up bill for butchering, if hunters donate their game

The gun deer hunting season begins on Nov. 3 in Minnesota. The venison donation program, in which hunters give deer meat to food shelves, has been around for three years. But this year, for the first time, the state is picking up the cost of butchering the animals.
by Perry Finelli

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Dollar-a-deer license surcharge on course in House

A House committee approved the surcharge on a 10-5 vote. The money it would raise each year -- almost $500,000 -- would repay meat processors who turn donated deer into venison for food shelves.

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