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60 years of Kaufland meat products

This year there is an anniversary coming up at Kaufland Fleischwaren: Kaufland's own meat plants are celebrating their 60th anniversary. Since it was founded in 1964 as a craft business with five employees, four meat plants in Germany now supply the over 770 German Kaufland branches every day. The meat plant in Modletice (Czech Republic) also supplies the Kaufland branches in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. ..

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Vegetarian products can no longer be called meat or sausage

The day before yesterday the government in France made a new regulation regarding vegetarian/vegan products, from now on they can no longer be called meat/sausage/cordon bleu or similar. The meat processing industry in France already demanded this in 2020. The list is long: Schnitzel, ham, fillet, etc. can only be reserved for real meat products...

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Bizerba with a new organizational structure

Global technological development and the increasing demands of the market require companies to continuously adapt and further develop their organizational structures. As a leading company in the field of weighing, cutting and labeling technology, Bizerba is responding to this dynamic and is announcing a strategic realignment of its organizational structure from April 1, 2024...

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New Weber subsidiary starts in 2025

A further step towards even greater customer proximity and comprehensive support: On January 01, 2025, Weber Food Technology will establish its own subsidiary in Italy. From 2025 onwards, Weber will take over the direct support of Italian customers from its current sales partner Niederwieser Spa. Weber looks back on a long and trusting collaboration with Niederwieser...

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Anuga FoodTec: Highlights of the congress and event program

At a time when sustainable innovation is needed more urgently than ever before, Anuga FoodTec 2024 aims to set new standards. Under the guiding theme of "Responsibility", the world's leading trade fair for suppliers to the food and beverage industry will become a global meeting place for visionaries, doers, innovators and industry leaders. Together they are setting the course for a more sustainable future...

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Strict regulation of bisphenol in food packaging

The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) supports the European Commission's initiative to regulate bisphenol A more strictly in food contact materials across Europe in the future. On February 9, 2024, the EU Commission presented a corresponding draft regulation banning the use of bisphenol A in food contact materials...

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Westfleisch stands for agriculture

Under the motto “Our agriculture is colorful”, the Westphalian-Lippian Agricultural Association as a professional representative and the cooperative companies AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG and Westfleisch SCE are sending a clear signal for the free democratic basic order and against any form of extremism and populism...

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Husbandry form from summer with 5 instead of 4 levels

The previously four-stage husbandry type labeling will become five-stage this year. The fourth level will be divided and the labeling will be supplemented by a separate fifth level for organic programs. As before, conventional animal welfare programs are classified by the sponsoring company in the fourth level. In addition, the five levels each receive new names that correspond to those of the mandatory state animal husbandry labeling. These changes will come into force for all areas of husbandry in summer 2024...

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40 years of AVO Master Club

The AVO Master Club is celebrating its birthday! The spice specialists’ popular customer magazine, “AVO Meisterclub Aktuell (AMCA for short),” is 40 years old this year. When the first issue appeared in 1984, it was not yet foreseeable that the magazine would become an integral part of AVO's field service equipment and popular reading material in butcher shops all over Germany...

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138 gold and 39 silver awards for Kaufland meat products

The independent testing institute of the German Agricultural Society (DLG) has once again tested numerous meat products as part of its annual quality inspection. The result: Kaufland received a total of 138 gold and 39 silver awards for the quality of its own-produced meat products...

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