The Heidelberg biotech company The Cultivated B has announced that it has entered the preliminary proceedings of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with a cell-cultured sausage product. EFSA certification as a novel food is considered a key requirement for large-scale commercial production. Jens Tuider, Chief Strategy Officer at ProVeg International, speaks of a milestone...
Deliveries of German pork to the Republic of Korea (South Korea) are now possible again after a two-and-a-half-year ban as a result of the first detections of African swine fever (ASF) in Germany. The first three German slaughterhouses and processing plants were re-approved by the Korean authorities for export to South Korea...
The German meat industry is in a difficult environment. Pig stocks are also declining significantly due to the federal government's current agricultural policy. Other reasons are weak demand due to inflation and the export ban on wild boar in Germany due to African swine fever. Cattle numbers are also declining...
Food prices are high and expected to rise further. Average price increases in 2022 ranged from 15 percent for potatoes and fresh fish to 65 percent for sunflower and rapeseed oil. If you compare June 2021, the price differences are even higher...
The trend towards “less meat” continues. In 2022, people in Germany consumed around 2,8 kilograms less pork, 900 grams less beef and veal and 400 grams less poultry meat. A possible reason for this could be the continuing trend towards a plant-based diet...
A good half of Belgians eat meat at least four times a week. Poultry, pork and mixed fresh meat occupy the top spots on the popularity scale. That is the conclusion of a study by the two market research institutes GfK Belgium and iVox on behalf of Flanders agricultural marketing office VLAM...
In order to achieve the climate protection goals set out in the Climate Protection Act, agriculture must continue to take the necessary steps. The Climate Protection Act envisages reducing annual emissions in agriculture from the current 62 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents to 2030 million tonnes by 56...
The Danish agri-food industry set a new export record in 2022 with an export volume of 190 billion DKK (25.54 billion EUR), thereby contributing more than ever to the economy and prosperity of the kingdom. "The fact that our agriculture and food industry delivers good results benefits all citizens, the Danish economy and societal well-being...
The Belgian slaughter figures fell by two percent to 2022 million animals for all animal categories in 310. This is reported by the Belgian statistical office Statbel. After three years of growth, Belgian pig slaughtering in 2022 fell nine percent year-on-year to 10,52 million animals. The Belgian data are thus in line with the European trend, which shows declining slaughter figures for almost all Member States...
On the occasion of the announcement by ALDI Nord and ALDI SÜD that by 2030 chilled meat and sausage products in Germany would also be completely converted to the two highest forms of husbandry, 3 and 4, and the commitment of the Schwarz Group (Lidl and Kaufland) to redesign their range and increase the number to reduce animal products, explains Federal Minister Cem Özdemir...
Meat production in Germany fell sharply in 2022. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), commercial slaughterhouses produced 2022 million tons of meat in 7,0 according to preliminary results. That was 8,1% or 0,6 million tons less than in the previous year. This means that domestic meat production fell every year after the record year 2016 (8,3 million tons), but never as much as in 2022. In total, 2022 million pigs, cattle, sheep, goats and horses and 51,2 .701,4 million chickens, turkeys and ducks slaughtered...