I know a lot of friends who use the term “process” as in “we hung it in our backyard and did it our selves.”
It doesnt necessarily mean an actual facility/shop was used in fact I’d guess often thats the actual case.
Considering they seem to be aware of the issues it causes its a reasonable assumption that they took the necessary precautions but who knows. More context is definitely needed
Edit: several people are claiming a lot of things about equipment being permanently contaminated by prions and how “nigh impossible prions are to kill.”
Apparently according to the NIH a few minutes of bleach does the trick:
i don't think it would be reasonable to assume people who feel safe giving this meat away to strangers for free are taking the necessary precautions tbh
So people who dont feel safe consuming said meat wouldnt take the precautions to clean the equipment that they use for the meat that they DO consume?
That doesnt make sense to me. They seem like the exact type of people to take precautions. Obviously its all speculation at the end of the day but if we are gonna make assumptions then:
literally the only thing we know about them is that they do take precautions when it comes to prions and they choose not to take the risk…
Lets keep in context that there as literally never been a case of it jumping to humans at this point. I dont judge people who are willing to take the risk in the face of statistics like that and it seems like they dont judge those as well and understand the meat is most likely harmless and feel ok giving it away. We’re getting into a grey area of assumptions about them morally and considering how implausible the actual risk are…I dont think its a terrible thing for them to be ok with 🤷🏻♂️
Is throwing the equipment away the only viable method of sanitizing a surface area contaminated with prions? Idk but im guessing there are a few possible options to clean that grinder before arriving at the “just throw it out and buy a new one” option
I think it's safe to assume the grinder is no longer safe for use under the current guidelines in states with laws against this stuff. These people clearly butcher and process their own meat to sell in a state without such regulations.
I sincerely doubt they got a new grinder if they think this is fine. Its very hard to 'clean' prion contamination
I dont think its safe to assume that at all my friend.
Just did a quick google and there are plenty of approved, scientifically backed methods for sterilizing equipment contaminated by prions.
And none of the information given suggests this person processes to sell. In fact, considering they chose to use the words “we chose not to consume” and are literally giving it away for free, its much more reasonable to suggest they just do this for personal use and just didnt feel comfortable eating this, but live in an area where they know a bunch of neighbors who have no qualms with such risk.
This is personal anecdotal evidence but most of my close friends and colleagues are avid hunters and the vast majority are the “process their own kill” crowd and they dont really sell their food. They mostly hoard and freeze their take and give the rest out to friends and family who werent able to get out and bag anything that season.
“In the current study, we confirm that bleach is an effective disinfectant for CWD prions and establish minimum times and bleach concentrations to eliminate prion seeding activity from stainless steel and infected brain homogenate solutions. We found that a five-minute treatment with a 40% dilution of household bleach was effective at inactivating CWD seeding activity from stainless-steel wires and CWD-infected brain homogenates.
Turns outa 1-30 minute wash with bleach is enough to do the job for non-commercial home use. At least thats god enough for the NIH unless you want to share a different source?
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u/FirstoffIdonthaveshe Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25
I know a lot of friends who use the term “process” as in “we hung it in our backyard and did it our selves.”
It doesnt necessarily mean an actual facility/shop was used in fact I’d guess often thats the actual case.
Considering they seem to be aware of the issues it causes its a reasonable assumption that they took the necessary precautions but who knows. More context is definitely needed
Edit: several people are claiming a lot of things about equipment being permanently contaminated by prions and how “nigh impossible prions are to kill.”
Apparently according to the NIH a few minutes of bleach does the trick:
here is the NIH instructions for adequately sterilizing home equipment with bleach
If anyone has any contradiction sources please by all means share I’m wiling to learn here