JOHANNESBURG - Forestry, Fisheries and Environment Minister, Barbara Creecy is encouraging the public to comment on the department's new draft on the game meat strategy.
The aim is to ultimately formalise the industry in the country.
The most commonly produced game meat in South Africa includes impala, kudu, wildebeest and springbok.
Some retail giants already have these on their shelves.
The Department has now extended the deadline for public comment.
Creecy said, "currently strategy is out for public comment, due to widespread interest we've extended the deadline to 26 September."
"At the moment the main source of game meat is from hunting...even in protected areas, you have to control the size of animal population, but idea is we have many areas on the outskirts of our national parks, they are under control of traditional houses, so we think these areas are ideally suited to the production of game meat".