Category: LEAD AMMUNITION

Waitrose are selling game with a health warning about lead shot on the pack (admittedly the bottom of the pack) but that is good, and worth a cheer or two. But the health warning is inaccurate – see here, here, here – which is bad. Waitrose said they were looking into it – that’s good…

I’m waiting patiently for Waitrose’s response on the subject of the wording of their health warning on game meat (see here), although I did get a holding response from them today, as follows. Good morning Dr Avery. Thank you for your recent email regarding the labelling on our game products. I have asked for some…

Our hunting organisations are dinosaurs compared with those elsewhere in Europe – and even in many ways compared with those in the USA and Canada. As Waitrose consider rewording their health warning on their packs of game meat on sale in their stores (see here and here) they should glance at the advice on consumption…

I do think that Waitrose deserve some credit for having this heath warning about lead shot on their game meat even though it is very badly worded.  I think they are leading (no pun intended) the way in telling the public that eating lead is an issue – I am not aware of any warnings…

I popped into my local Waitrose today to check out the game on sale. This ‘Good Health’ Pheasant breast has a health warning on the bottom of the packet.  It’s good that Waitrose is highlighting the lead issue – although it comes closer to lowlighting than highlighting, I’d say. I wonder what other supermarkets selling…

The People’s Manifesto for Wildlife called for: Government to put the UK on the front foot by introducing a ban on the sale, possession and use of all lead ammunition across the UK Food Standards Agency and National Health Service to undertake a public awareness campaign to promote the health risks from consumption of game…

  BIG GAME HUNTERS IN AFRICA URGED TO DROP THE LEAD TO HELP SAVE VULTURES! Lead bullet fragments in carcasses left by hunters are poisoning endangered African vultures, a new study has found. A third of all vultures caught and tested in the Botswana study showed elevated levels of lead in their blood, most likely…

Here is the email chain, or most of it, that prompted this sensible briefing from Forest Enterprise England on their decision to use non-toxic ammunition on their land for the culling of deer and wild boar. It’s not very interesting really but you can see that this blog is read by people other than your…