If you are a hunter and kill wild boar and badgers, you must have the animals officially tested for trichinae before eating them. Trichinae are small threadworms that can settle as parasites in the muscles of mammals. Wild boar and badgers in particular can be carriers.

The consumption of game meat contaminated with Trichinella can cause serious illness in humans. Safety for consumers is guaranteed by testing. Only after testing and a negative result may you use the game meat as food or sell it to others.

If you sell the game to a retailer or hunter, the obligation to register for testing for trichinae is transferred to them. If you have detected any characteristics before or after killing the game that make the meat of the animal appear to be unsafe for human consumption, you must pass this information on to the person taking the sample.

If the sample has been examined by the authorities, the authorities will in turn forward the result of the examination to you. Alternatively, by agreement with the competent authority, you can assume that no trichinae have been found if you have not received a report by a specified date.