http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oeh/rs/pdf/fc2000.pdf
3-201.17 Game Animals.*
(A) If GAME ANIMALS are received for sale or service they shall be:
(1) Commercially raised for food and:
(a) Raised slaughtered, and processed under a voluntary
inspection program that is conducted by the agency that
has animal health jurisdiction, or
(b) Under a routine inspection program conducted by a
regulatory agency other than the agency that has animal
health jurisdiction, and
(c) Raised, slaughtered, and processed according to:
(i) LAWS governing MEAT and POULTRY as determined by
the agency that has animal health jurisdiction and the
agency that conducts the inspection program, and
(ii) Requirements which are developed by the agency
that has animal health jurisdiction and the agency that
conducts the inspection program with consideration of
factors such as the need for antemortem and
postmortem examination by an APPROVED veterinarian or
veterinarian’s designee;39
(2) Under a voluntary inspection program administered by the
USDA for game animals such as exotic animals (reindeer, elk,
deer, antelope, water buffalo, or bison) that are "inspected and
APPROVED" in accordance with 9 CFR 352 Voluntary Exotic
Animal Program or rabbits that are "inspected and certified" in
accordance with 9 CFR 354 Rabbit Inspection Program;
(3) As allowed by LAW, for wild GAME ANIMALS that are livecaught:
(a) Under a routine inspection program conducted by a
regulatory agency such as the agency that has animal
health jurisdiction, and
(b) Slaughtered and processed according to:
(i) LAWS governing MEAT and POULTRY as determined by
the agency that has animal health jurisdiction and the
agency that conducts the inspection program, and
(ii) Requirements which are developed by the agency
that has animal health jurisdiction and the agency that
conducts the inspection program with consideration of
factors such as the need for antemortem and
postmortem examination by an APPROVED veterinarian or
veterinarian’s designee; or
(4) As ALLOWED by LAW, for field-dressed wild GAME ANIMALS
under a routine inspection program that ensures the animals:
(a) Receive a postmortem examination by an APPROVED
veterinarian or veterinarian's designee, or
(b) Are field-dressed and transported according to
requirements specified by the agency that has animal
health jurisdiction and the agency that conducts the
inspection program, and
(c) Are processed according to LAWS governing MEAT and
POULTRY as determined by the agency that has animal
health jurisdiction and the agency that conducts the
inspection program. 40
(B) A GAME ANIMAL may not be received for sale or service if it is
a species of wildlife that is listed in 50 CFR 17 Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants.
