English and Scottish Foodways — Safety Note

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⚠ DESCRIPTION, NOT INSTRUCTION. Cold-smoked fish and lightly cured fish require freezing to the current legal specification for parasite control. Raw-milk cheese, home curing and smoking, and game — which needs correct handling and, for wild boar, trichinella awareness — carry documented risks; lead shot in game is a recognised issue. Hand-gathered shellfish is subject to classified-water controls. Wild mushroom and plant identification requires expertise. Follow current Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland guidance rather than tradition.