This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat
[DOC] [TLE] Game Meat: A Complex Food Safety and Animal Health Issue - Food ... [PAR] Venison is a specific term commonly used today to describe game meat from 
deer but ... the word, derived from the Latin venatio (to hunt), was used to define 
meat ... continue to regulate these products once they are in intra-state commerce
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