Above all, third countries delivered more

According to the Federal Statistical Office, Germany imported more chicken and turkey meat in the first quarter of 2004 than in the first three months of the previous year. The total imports (meat, liver and preparations) in the chicken sector amounted to almost 79.200 tons, which corresponded to an increase of 10,3 percent. At 33.375 tons, turkey meat was even imported, 12,5 percent more than in 2003.

The intake of poultry meat preparations rose disproportionately, by 23,7 percent to a good 28.300 tons. Third country countries in particular increased their deliveries. From there, at almost 19.100 tons, 72,7 percent more preparations came onto the local market. Brazil alone delivered 11.500 tons, 47,2 percent more than in 2003. Imports from Thailand rose by 2004 percent to 35,7 tons in the first quarter of 2.225 compared to the previous year.

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Sales boost through price reduction

The three supermarket chains of the leading Danish food retail group Coop Danmark sold around 2004 percent more organic meat in the first four months of 52 than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The retail group attributes this sales boom mainly to the sales promotion campaign launched in November 2003, which went hand in hand with an average reduction in retail prices for organic meat of around ten percent.

Due to the positive trend in demand for alternative pork and beef, Coop recently increased its involvement in this product area. The group expanded the range for the barbecue season to include marinated pork neck, neck chops and steaks from organic production. Coop now offers a total of up to 19 different organic product variants made from pork and beef in its grocery stores. However, the group only offers part of the range, especially in rural areas and in the southern Jutland border area with Germany, since the market share of organic meat products is lowest there.

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BLL letter to the Bundestag and Bundesrat commission for the modernization of the federal order

The "Federalism Commission" is considering giving greater freedom in administrative procedures. The BLL fears great legal uncertainty here, at least as far as questions of food law and their monitoring are concerned. Here is the letter:

Commission of the Bundestag and Bundesrat
to modernize the state order
c/o Federal Council
Post office box

11055 Berlin / Germany

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BLL does not see any new insight in the film "Super Size Me" - try to blame overweight only on the food suppliers - what can be learned from the film

The Association for Food Law and Food Science (BLL) sees the self-experiment by Morgan Spurlock, leading actor and director of the American film "Super Size Me", as extremely exaggerated and unrealistic. He eats and drinks 5.000 kilocalories a day exclusively in the form of typical fast food products - an amount that exceeds the energy requirements by more than twice.

Nutritionists agree: Anyone who eats as many calories and, like Spurlock, does not expend energy through physical activity, gains weight and presents health problems. Consequently, Morgan Spurlock could have performed this experiment with any other food and obtained similar results.

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Create more transparency

Things are moving on the pig market. Classic FOM accounting is on the decline, auto-FOM devices or video image analysis are on the rise. The value of a pig is often no longer determined by its weight and lean meat content, because index points for certain cuts are beginning to displace traditional payment criteria.

Since several classification systems are used on the market, it has become difficult for pig farmers to keep track of prices. This is all the more true because almost every slaughterhouse has its own billing mask and has recently also been billed according to house prices and no longer just according to the "Northwest price".

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Private advertising campaign is successful and EU-compliant

From late February to late April, a promotional campaign was run in Poland by a private marketing agency to encourage Polish consumers to buy local food. TV and radio stations as well as several daily newspapers took part in the campaign with free advertisements and commercials.

The final consumer survey at the end of April showed that Polish consumers could be increasingly encouraged to buy local products: The proportion of buyers who specifically consume Polish products rose from five percent at the beginning of the campaign to 13 percent at the end of April.

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Producer prices for slaughter lambs billed at a flat rate in Germany

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The world's first humpback cattle infected with BSE was discovered in Switzerland. The 18-year-old male animal, a pygmy zebu, lived at Basel Zoo and attracted attention with slight movement disorders: it slipped in the stable, fell over and ran into obstacles with its horns. The TSE reference laboratory in Bern made the diagnosis based on brain examinations. The scientifically important case once again proves the good BSE surveillance in Switzerland.

Humpback cattle or zebus (Bos indicus) are the dominant species of cattle in Asia and Africa. Until now, not a single case of BSE in humpback cattle was known and it was therefore not clear whether humpback cattle could contract BSE at all. In contrast, BSE was discovered in the domestic cattle (Bos taurus), which is widespread in Europe, in England 18 years ago. Cases have also been reported in other bovine species (Bovidae) such as kudu, bison, eland and nyala in English zoos.

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Demand growth is likely to slow down

According to estimates by the FAO, beef production will only increase slightly by 0,3 percent worldwide in the current year. Therefore, a noticeable decline in international export volumes of 7,5 percent is expected. However, individual countries, above all Brazil, will realize increasing exports. Brazil's share of world beef exports is expected to increase from 17 percent in 2003 to 22 percent this year. An increase of 19 percent is forecast for prices.

According to the FAO, demand for beef is expected to increase by an average of 2010 percent annually up to 2,2. The growth in demand would therefore decrease significantly. Between 1992 and 1999, the average annual growth rate was 3,15 percent. For the industrialized countries, a further decline in per capita consumption to around 21 kilograms in 2010 is expected, for this year 22,7 kilograms per capita are predicted. In contrast, consumption in developing countries is expected to increase to around seven kilograms per capita by 2010; In 2004, it is assumed that 6,3 kilograms per person. In China, per capita beef consumption is expected to increase from four kilograms in 2004 to around six kilograms in 2010.

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Livestock and Meat

In the meat wholesale markets, the start of the school holidays led to a further regional decline in beef demand. The prices on the individual wholesale markets developed inconsistently. Due to the unsatisfactory marketing opportunities for beef at home and abroad, the slaughterhouses tried to lower the payout prices for young bulls. However, this was mostly unsuccessful, since many bull fatteners apparently only want to sell upcoming cattle for slaughter after the start of the new financial year. The supply is currently low. As in the previous week, young bulls in the R3 class brought in 2,50 euros per kilogram slaughter weight on the national average.

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In the Netherlands, veterinary use of antibiotics decreased by 2003% in 2. This observed decrease does not include the reduced use of antibiotics as an additive in animal feed. In anticipation of January 1, 2006, when antibiotics will no longer be permitted as additives in animal feed, many animal feed producers have already stopped using antibiotics.

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