EPA puts squirrel back on the menu
For all of the true “squirrel dish” lovers in New Jersey, you’re in luck (maybe)…
Via the North Jersey Media Group…
Jerald Fagliano, project manager with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, said game animals are safe, but residents should avoid wild carrots. His statement clarified a state health warning about eating squirrels that was issued in January, based on the EPA report of high levels of lead in a squirrel tested in October 2006. That advisory will now be rescinded, said Ken Petrone, the state Department of Environmental Protection’s case manager for Ringwood.
As Rachael Ray says about everything that she eats (regardless if she really likes it), Yum-O!
