Slaughter animal and meat hygiene

To ensure that animals are slaughtered properly and the meat is utilised accordingly, the district also monitors slaughter animal and meat hygiene in Waldeck-Frankenberg. the tasks in this area include, among others, the enforcement of the slaughter animal, meat and trichina examination or the monitoring, registration and approval of slaughtering and meat processing companies. In addition, the Food Monitoring, Animal Welfare and Veterinary Service is responsible for monitoring the import and export of meat, meat inspection accounts, meat inspection and slaughter statistics, as well as the training and commissioning of hunters to take trichinae samples from wild boar.