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Chinese Restaurant Closed After Inspectors Find Dead Deer
From The Buffalo News:
A Chinese restaurant in the Town of Hamburg was shut down by the Erie County Health Department Friday after an inspector found employees butchering a deer inside.
Officials don’t know whether the dead deer . . . had been hunted or if it was road kill.
“From our standpoint, it doesn’t matter,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Anthony J. Billittier IV. . . .
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"In general, you can’t have a dead animal in a food services establishment,” Billittier said.
In addition, it’s illegal to sell meat that hasn’t been prepared by a licensed butcher, he said.
“What were they going to do with the meat?” Billittier wondered. “I don’t think we’ll ever really know the answer to that.”
I think i'd rather have the deer than some chemical pumped cow.
Posted by: CTB | October 27, 2008 at 10:52 AM
I think i'd rather have the deer than some chemical pumped cow.
Posted by: CTB | October 27, 2008 at 10:53 AM
I bet almost all food service establishments have dead animals in the coolers. I really don't know what the big deal is if you were informed what you were eating / buying. Food pantries all over the country have venison this time of year. Most prepaired by the guy that just got layed off, working for the local butcher for some under the table cash.
Posted by: Kevin | October 27, 2008 at 01:07 PM
I bet almost all food service establishments have dead animals in the coolers. I really don't know what the big deal is if you were informed what you were eating / buying. Food pantries all over the country have venison this time of year. Most prepaired by the guy that just got layed off, working for the local butcher for some under the table cash.
Posted by: Kevin | October 27, 2008 at 01:07 PM
I bet almost all food service establishments have dead animals in the coolers. I really don't know what the big deal is if you were informed what you were eating / buying. Food pantries all over the country have venison this time of year. Most prepaired by the guy that just got layed off, working for the local butcher for some under the table cash.
Posted by: Kevin | October 27, 2008 at 01:08 PM
We don't know what they'll do with the meat but I bet it will taste damn good.
Posted by: Blue Ox | October 27, 2008 at 03:31 PM
Virtually no restaurants have animals in them. Only processed meat from approved, licensed distributors. Check your local health department's website, I bet the majority of places with issues are Chinese restaurants.
What if they bring wild birds into the restaurant with avian flu?
Posted by: CJ | October 27, 2008 at 03:59 PM
u know the chicken is actually pigeon and the pork is cat too.. right??
Posted by: rat on a stick | October 27, 2008 at 07:51 PM
damn... hot and sour pigeon? that stuffs good.
Posted by: CTB | October 27, 2008 at 10:52 PM
i would rather eat deer, than cat any day.
Posted by: kolby | October 27, 2008 at 11:20 PM
I think I would rather have a dead deer hanging in the back of the restraunt than a live one walking around and crapping and urinating all over everything in a restraunt.
Posted by: William | October 28, 2008 at 02:29 AM
That's why I will not eat Chinese, you never know what the "mystery meat" is!
Posted by: LeRoy | October 28, 2008 at 08:52 AM
Like many other said I'd rather have deer than some mystery meat. Who knows what your eating at those places???
Posted by: Jimmy | October 28, 2008 at 03:31 PM
I daresay this sort of thing happens more often than we would care to know. I few years back I bought a 'hamberger' at Six Flags - Great Adventure amusement park in New Jersey which tasted suspiciously like a venison burger. Road kill in New Jersey is abundant now and was pretty common then...
With all of the seasonings and spices used in cuisines from 'Tex-Mex' to Indian to Chinese it would not be hard to mask the flavor of different meats so that we don't really know what we are getting!
Profit margins in the restaurant business are very slim and anything they can do to cut costs is going to be done by at least some.
SA
Posted by: SilverArrow | October 29, 2008 at 09:21 AM