Louisiana health officials order shelter to throw away 1,600 pounds of donated deer meat

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The Health Department ordered the staff at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission to throw the venison in the garbage and douse the meat with Clorox to keep animals from eating it.

“Deer meat is not permitted to be served in a shelter, restaurant or any other public eating establishment in Louisiana,” said a Health Department official in an email to Fox News. “While we applaud the good intentions of the hunters who donated this meat, we must protect the people who eat at the Rescue Mission, and we cannot allow a potentially serious health threat to endanger the public.”

As one could imagine, hunters and the director of the mission were livid, especially given that the shelter has served deer in chili and spaghetti for years.

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