From January 1, 2024, QS-certified companies are obliged to only sell feed that meets the QS-Sojaplus standard. QS thus enables the entire production chain for meat and meat products to rely on the use of more sustainably produced soy...
Weber Maschinenbau continues to drive international growth: With the official launch on January 01, 2024, the global line solution provider is establishing two new subsidiaries - Weber Food Technology Schweiz GmbH in Switzerland and Weber Food Technology do Brasil Ltda in Brazil. To date, Weber products and services have been sold in these markets via sales partners. With the establishment of the new subsidiaries, Weber will now be able to support customers directly on site and further expand the local service offering. “The motivation for our direct market entry lies primarily in the further development of our structures and direct customer interaction...
Under the motto “Multiply Your Value”, the MULTIVAC Group is presenting its broad portfolio of innovative processing and packaging solutions for the food industry at Anuga FoodTec 2024. In focus: the comprehensive slicing portfolio as well as holistic lines, which, thanks to high levels of digitalization and automation, help to make production processes efficient and resource-saving.Visitors will find the MULTIVAC Group in Hall 8.1 (Stand C10) as well as in a tent on the outdoor area, where the processing machines be shown live...
The Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, today presented the "National Strategy for 30 percent organic agriculture and food production by 2030", or "Organic Strategy 2030" for short. With the Organic Strategy 2030, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) shows how the appropriate framework conditions must be designed in order to achieve the common goal of 30 percent organic land by 2030. The government partners have set this goal in the coalition agreement.
When it comes to animal welfare issues when slaughtering cattle and pigs, experience and expertise are necessary in order to be able to adequately assess the associated processes and identify critical areas. An in-person training course from the QS Academy focuses on the topic of animal protection during slaughter...
Dual-purpose chickens have received particular attention since the ban on killing chicks in Germany in January 2022. Both the eggs and the meat can be used with them. Dual-purpose chickens are an ethical alternative, but what about the taste? As part of a research project at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, led by the Naturland Association of Baden-Württemberg, students from the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Heilbronn were called upon to assess the sensory properties of meat and eggs from organic production...
As of today, the agricultural and food sector is one of the drivers of the climate crisis: globally, agriculture causes around 25 percent of total emissions. This shows how big the leverage is if this part of the economy is converted to be climate-friendly...
It is the start of a unique cooperation before the end of the year: The family business Rügenwalder Mühle and the Berlin food start-up KoRo have teamed up for a completely new product range of dry mixes...
Handtmann Inotec's sausage separation technology is ideal for the precise, quick and automated separation of a wide range of sausage types in artificial, collagen or natural casings. It is extremely flexible and can be used for both small and large caliber products. Example applications include sausage products, meat substitute sausage products, soup toppings, confectionery and sausage products from the pet food sector...
As part of an official celebration, the management of the MULTIVAC Group today broke ground for a new production plant for parts production and spare parts logistics in Wolfertschwenden. The new factory with a usable area of 35.000 square meters will be built around 1000 meters from the group's headquarters and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2025. The investment volume is 60 million euros. The invited guests at the celebration included Beate Ullrich, first mayor of the municipality of Wolfertschwenden, Alex Eder, district administrator of the Unterallgäu district, as well as Pastor Ralf Matthes (St. Martin, Memmingen) and Father Delphin Chirund (Parish Community of Bad Grönenbach)...
The organic butchery branches De Groene Weg continue to record remarkable growth. The successful third quarter is evidence of increasing sales and growing customer numbers in the current ten butcher shops...