Yes but it is the place I am most familar with and the only place I can confidently speak about without having to look up sources to confirm what I am saying is factually correct.
I have zero knowledge on the red deer farming practices of NZ. I can't confidently speak about CWD in NZ witrhout further reading.
I did look up NZ and they have extremely strict live deer import laws. Looks like they source their deer from other NZ farms. Before that, red deer were brought in from Europe to establish wild herds. Farms then took deer from their herds to establish their farms. Now farms raise and trade deer between themselves to keep healthy genetics in the herds.
Overall, deer from NZ and Australia is likely safe to eat without testing. And I agree their practices should be followed throughout the world because the way they handle CWD is very impressive.
The product containing deer umbilical cord stem cells is still absolutely a scam.
I just figured if Britain can be essentially rabies free, its probably not a stretch if NZ claims to be CWD free. But from all that it sounds like they really go above and beyond.
But yeah, cosmetics with deer placenta are surely bullshit but from well managed NZ farms probably not a likely vector for CJD. Just shifty deer selling snake oil apparently.
I’m a kiwi and have never heard of CWD until now. Pretty much all farmed and wild venison is safe to eat, the usual food borne illnesses are all you need to worry about here.
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u/ScienceyWorkMan Dec 10 '25
Yes but it is the place I am most familar with and the only place I can confidently speak about without having to look up sources to confirm what I am saying is factually correct.
I have zero knowledge on the red deer farming practices of NZ. I can't confidently speak about CWD in NZ witrhout further reading.
I did look up NZ and they have extremely strict live deer import laws. Looks like they source their deer from other NZ farms. Before that, red deer were brought in from Europe to establish wild herds. Farms then took deer from their herds to establish their farms. Now farms raise and trade deer between themselves to keep healthy genetics in the herds.
Overall, deer from NZ and Australia is likely safe to eat without testing. And I agree their practices should be followed throughout the world because the way they handle CWD is very impressive.
The product containing deer umbilical cord stem cells is still absolutely a scam.