The interest in organic products for communal catering continues unabated. In addition to the guests' desire for healthy, tasty menus, there is the fact that organic is increasingly becoming a lifestyle product. And that's why the demand for brands that convey values is getting louder and louder. Only branded products can ensure a high level of quality assurance and regular availability.
After a marketing ban for organic products was imposed on a farm in the Paderborn district in December 2008, the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (LANUV) has again to revoke the eco status of a farm in Delbrück that belongs to the same group of companies. The third company in this group is accused of violating the EU organic regulation.
PETA Deutschland eV sharply rejects the appeal of the Landkost and Biohof Deersheim companies to the stabling requirements in the Spreenhagen and Bestensee area and accuses the companies caught in the act of making false claims in public. It has now been officially confirmed that the Spreenhagen location, where free-range husbandry is to take place, was not required to be stabled between March 2008 and October 2008 (October 20.10.2008th, 23.5). The PETA recordings from there are from v. 25.7.2008. and July 21th, 7.10.2008, the ZDF-Frontal XNUMX recordings from October XNUMX, XNUMX. No animal has ever been out in the wild.
The articles published in the last days false allegations by PETA against the organic poultry Deersheim GmbH were today refuted by first official preliminary test results. Meanwhile, the company has the person in charge of PETA sent a cease and desist letter, including a deadline.
This morning PETA Deutschland eV unveiled one of the largest re-labeling or incorrect labeling of eggs that has ever taken place in Germany. Every day, it is estimated that over 300.000 eggs are re-labeled or incorrectly labeled as free-range and organic eggs, while the chickens are kept in an animal-torturous barn enclosure behind a wire crate. The legally prescribed run-out is completely absent.
For the time being, REWE Group is not purchasing any free-range or organic eggs from the "Landkost-Ei" and "Bio-Geflügelhof Deersheim" farms. First of all, the allegations of a redeclaration of eggs must be completely clarified and refuted. In addition, the REWE Group commissions its own investigations from independent institutes.
The allegations of alleged "egg re-labeling or incorrect labeling" by the animal rights organization PETA Germany eV on Wednesday prove to be baseless. The animal rights organization PETA claimed in Berlin on Wednesday that it had uncovered an alleged "egg fraud". Video material showing sleeping laying hens housed to protect them from bird flu is supposed to serve as alleged evidence of incorrect labeling of "organic" and "free-range" eggs at Landkost-Ei GmbH in Bestensee near Berlin.
"As an organic company, Bio-Geflügelhof Deersheim GmbH complies with all legal requirements for the production of eggs from organic farming", says Dr. Knust, managing director of the company, adds: "Regarding the current allegations, it must be said that all animals on our Deersheim farms can go outdoors. Since spring, Deersheim has had an exemption from the housing order."