For months now, meat industry companies have been prepared to forego work contracts. The overwhelming majority will succeed in producing only with permanent employees from January 01, 2021. However, the ban on temporary work will lead to problems, especially in the production of seasonal meat products ...
The survey for the annual cost of ownership comparison of the German Butcher Association has begun. Also this year, the DFV receives the support of butchers, tax offices and booking offices throughout Germany ...
Friedrich-Otto Ripke, President of the Zentralverband der Deutschen Geflügelwirtschaft e. V. (ZDG): “The current spread of bird flu in Germany makes us as a poultry industry very concerned. Nevertheless, our experienced poultry farmers are as sensitized as possible and experienced in dealing with avian influenza ...
The subject of "animal welfare" is viewed as increasingly important by butcher's trades. This is the result of a representative survey that the German Butchers Association conducted among its members in October 2020...
The postponement of the final deliberations in the German Bundestag on the changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Control Act shows that the coalition parties CDU/CSU and SPD still have a considerable need for advice. "We are very happy that the members of the Bundestag have dealt with the legal certainty and the possible consequences of the current draft law"...
Friedrich-Otto Ripke, President of the Central Association of the German Poultry Industry e. V. (ZDG): "As the German poultry industry, we would rather phase out chick killing today than tomorrow...
The intensive discussions about the meat industry are now accompanied by a new information portal for the industry. At www.fokus-fleisch.de, an initiative supported by companies offers knowledge and facts about animal husbandry, slaughtering and processing of beef and pork as well as the relevant social topics of nutrition, climate, occupational safety and animal welfare...
Against the background of slaughterhouse closures in the event of Covid-19 infections among employees, the Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner and the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn propose that a project group be set up promptly to develop a uniform national emergency plan...
Friedrich-Otto Ripke, President of the Zentralverband der Deutschen Geflügelwirtschaft e. V. (ZDG): "We are shocked by the anti-business ideology with which Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil ...
The butcher's trade is watching with concern the development resulting from the increased corona infections among employees of large companies in the meat industry. Herbert Dohrmann, President of the German Butchers' Association (DFV), which represents around 11.000 craft butchers, emphasizes: "The companies concerned must be expected to live up to their responsibilities in any case and not to pass them on to others."
In the discussion about worker protection in the meat industry, the German poultry industry offers politicians a wide range of options. "We want a collective agreement for the entire industry," says Friedrich-Otto Ripke, President of the Central Association of the German Poultry Industry. V ...