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Sponsors and Fish & Game debate rules for importing cervid carcasses amid chronic wasting disease concerns
Summary
Representative Jack Flanagan and experts urged stricter controls on movement of cervid tissues to limit chronic wasting disease (CWD) risk; Fish and Game told the committee current rules focus on high-risk tissues and cautioned mandatory meat testing would be impractical.
Representative Jack Flanagan (Hillsborough 45) introduced a bill to restrict importation and possession of cervid tissues to reduce chronic wasting disease (CWD) risk. Flanagan and a longtime cervid-issues advocate (identified in testimony as Mr. Zilfelder) described prion biology, cited rising detections in other states, and urged preemptive rules to prevent disease introduction.
Witnesses told the committee that prions can be detected in a wide range of tissues and bodily fluids, that prions persist in the environment, and that hunter-harvested animals have…
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