Erlaubnis zur Entnahme von Trichinenproben bei Wildschweinen und Dachsen beantragen

If you are a hunter and wish to take samples for official Trichinella testing of wild boar and badgers yourself, you must apply for a permit to take Trichinella samples. You must meet certain requirements for this.

If you are a hunter and kill wild boar and badgers, you must have the animals officially tested for trichinae before eating them or giving them to others. 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.

After testing and a negative result, you may use the game meat as food or sell it to others.

You can also take the meat sample for Trichinella testing yourself. To do this, you need a permit to take the sample. You can obtain this from the competent authority in your place of residence by

• Proof of the required knowledge (proof of training or similar),
• presentation of your valid annual hunting license and
• presentation of your required reliability

apply for it.

The competent authority for issuing the permit is the responsible veterinary and food monitoring office of the district/city.

• Application
• Proof that the applicant has sufficient knowledge (training certificate, etc.)
• Valid annual hunting license

• Main residence in the area of the application authority
• Proof of being a sufficiently qualified person
• Possession of a valid annual hunting license
• no existing facts justifying the assumption that the hunter does not possess the necessary reliability for this activity

The costs for the official Trichinella examination are based on the respective state fee regulations.

• Applicant: Application for permission to take Trichinella samples
• Competent authority: Check requirements
• Competent authority: Reject application - rejection notice and, if applicable, fee notice
• Competent authority: Grant application - transfer notice and fee notice

• Taking samples for Trichinella testing of wild animals; authorization
• Obligation of hunters to carry out an official Trichinella test after killing wild boar and badgers
• Prerequisite for further use of game meat is a negative test result
• Self-sampling by hunters is only permitted with a permit
• Apply for a permit from the competent authority
• Responsible: Veterinary and food monitoring of the districts and independent cities

• The obligation to test for Trichinella also applies to other carnivorous wild animals, such as raccoons.

Veterinary and food monitoring office of the district/city