MEAT PACKAGING & STORAGE

All the venison and dexter beef despatched by Deer 'n Dexter is supplied fresh and suitable for home freezing. We vacum pack the meat this gives 10 days refrigerated shelf life provided the meat is stored at less than 5C.  The vacum pack also provides good protection in the freezer.  Sausage & burgers etc have a 5 day shelf-life.

Meat for Deer 'n Dexter mail order is prepared, packed, individually labelled and chilled overnight before being placed in an insulated box.  It is covered with a re-usable ice sheets immediately prior to despatch to ensure the meat remains chilled in transit.

In everything we (Deer 'n Dexter) do, whether on the farm, in the butchery or when marketing our venison and Dexter beef, we do our best to minimise our impact on the environment. For this reason we don't use polystyrene boxes which are hard to recycle. Instead we use a 2-part system, the outer is recyclable cardboard, the inner insulated foam liner is manufactured from Low Density Polythene (LDPE).  The same material is used for manufacturing a lot of carrier bags. It is free of CFC's and 100% recyclable as most recycing centres now have facilities for PE materials. However we feel sure you will find a range of uses for the liner before it ends up at the recycling centre.