On June 04.06.2009th, 80 the first general assembly of German Meat met in Osnabrück. The companies represented there represent around XNUMX% of Germany's meat exports. The joint export initiative German Meat is supported by trading companies that bundle the exports of smaller production companies, small and medium-sized meat companies as well as the big players in the industry. The general assembly decided on the first concrete projects to promote the export of meat and meat products from Germany, such as the organization of veterinary delegations, participation in trade fairs, seminars and business meetings.

Abroad is an important sales market which, for example, made the expansion of pig production in Germany possible in the past few years. More than 35% of the pork produced in Germany is currently exported. Germany is traditionally a net exporter of beef.

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Association of manufacturers of culinary foods founded

At their joint general meeting on May 15, 2009 in Salzburg, the members of the Association of the Vinegar and Mustard Industry, the Federal Association of the German Delicatessen Industry and the Association of the Soup Industry merged to form the "Association of Culinary Food Manufacturers". With around 125 mainly medium-sized companies in the food industry, which represent an industry turnover of over 2 billion euros and more than 10.000 jobs, the new association is one of the major stakeholders in the industry.

The main reasons for the merger decision of the associations, which have been part of an office community for over thirty years, were the concentration and consolidation of the market for culinary products, the increasingly similar focus areas in the association's work and the opportunity associated with the merger for stronger and more sustainable representation of interests vis-à-vis politics and the media.

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In response to the discontinuation of the CMA, the main export branches of the German food industry founded “German Food eV” in May. A management board was established on June 1, 2009.

On the economic side, the cross-sector export promotion organization bundles the joint activities to promote sales of the companies behind it abroad. The export promotion organizations German Meat, German Sweets, the Export Union for Dairy Products and the Association of Export Breweries are currently members of German Food.

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Craft-friendly European policy called for

The German Butchers Association has pointed out the particular importance of the upcoming elections to the European Parliament. Only a high turnout would ensure a strong, democratically legitimized counterpart to the Commission.

The DFV therefore calls on its members to take part in the elections. "Only if the German members of parliament are supported by a high turnout will they find the hearing we need," explains DFV President Manfred Rycken. "We need MPs who understand our structures and are ready to work to maintain them."

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Shortly before the Constitutional Court's verdict on the Sales Fund Act, the chairman of the supervisory board, Werner Hilse, takes stock optimistically

The reorientation of the Central Marketing Society of the German Agricultural Industry (CMA), which began around a year and a half ago, is described by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Werner Hilse, as successful.

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Under the motto “Sausage has a future!”, Dr. Katrin Langner, managing director of the Zentralverband Naturdarm e. V., at the Green Week, the innovation award 2009 to the 1st Bavarian meat school in Landshut for the project "Bavarian delicacies made in Japan". "This unique commitment to imparting German sausage expertise across borders is worth receiving the 2009 Innovation Award," said Dr. Katrin Langner. The award was received by the managing director and headmaster Georg Zinkl.

Dr. Katrin Langner from Zentralverband Naturdarm e. V. presented the headmaster and managing director of the 1st Bavarian Meat School in Landshut, Georg Zinkl, with the innovation award 2009 at the Green Week.

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"If you are not there, you are missing something"

The North Rhine-Westphalian food industry expects the new Nutrition.NRW cluster to provide concrete added value for the individual companies. This was made clear by industry representatives from companies and associations at the 1st workshop “Cluster Nutrition.NRW” in Düsseldorf. They expressed the expectation that the new cluster management will contribute to intensifying the cooperation between companies and associations, between companies and research and overall along the entire food value chain. This will also make it easier to find suitable partners for special projects, said one participant. In principle, all those involved assume that the new cluster management will also ensure more dynamism in innovations in the European context. "If you are not there, you are missing something," said a company representative, summarizing the assessment of the Nutrition.NRW cluster.

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Lower collectively agreed wages should rise to at least 7,50 euros

For the 2009 collective bargaining round, the main board of the Food - Enjoyment - Gaststätten (NGG) union passed a collective bargaining policy recommendation according to which wages and training allowances should rise by five to seven percent in 2009.

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