The 3rd Barbecue Day took place on May 7, 2004 in the stimulating surroundings of the "World Barbecue Gold Cup 2004" in the Casino Kursaal in Interlaken. The hundred or so participants enjoyed a varied program with experienced experts.
In order to equalize the offer, an extension of the 2004 slaughter year is being examined. This would mean, for example, that animals eligible for a premium that were slaughtered in the first two months of 2005 would still be assigned to 2004. The problem here is that the 2004 premium ceiling of 1.782.700 animals could be exceeded if too many young bulls that were not ready for slaughter were delivered at the beginning of 2005. In the summer, the Commission will present concrete proposals for an “extended slaughter year” to the Management Committee, with the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection signaling approval for such a regulation.
BPEX points out that only a few countries, such as Denmark, supply the UK market with pork (bacon) that comes from farms that meet UK minimum standards. However, this is not the case for the majority of imported pork (70 percent). Above all, the tethering of pregnant sows is allowed in the EU countries (except Sweden) until 2006, while it has been banned in Great Britain since 1999.
"For a state like Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, investments by the federal government in forward-looking research areas are of great importance," emphasized Minister Backhaus. Industrial or medium-sized growth cores can only arise where the most modern research and development settle and enter into a fruitful coexistence with colleges, universities and institutes.
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, traces of the spread of the pathogen could be detected after about four-fifths of the incubation period in the muscles of the extremities, the masticatory muscle and the tongue of clinically healthy hamsters that had previously been infected with scrapie via food. It was possible to transmit the disease to other animals via muscle tissue. Furthermore, with a further developed detection reaction on the tissue section (PET blot technique), it has been possible to make the prion protein deposits in the muscles and nerves associated with the disease immediately visible and thus to be able to understand the path of the pathogen spread.
The federal government has drawn a clear conclusion from the food scandals of the past few years: "Precautionary consumer protection has become a very important part of state action. And for us it has priority over short-term economic interests," said the minister. That is why preventive consumer health protection is laid down as a key objective of the law.
Occasion:
Annual meeting of the Association of the German Meat Industry eV and the Federal Association of the German Meat Industry eV
As the Federal Statistical Office also reports, meat production from commercial slaughter (excluding poultry) in the first quarter of 2004 totaled a good 1,4 million tons, including 1,1 million tons of pork and 0,3 million tons of beef (excluding veal). . The total slaughter volume from commercial slaughter increased by 2003 tons or 78% compared to the first quarter of 300; pork production increased by 5,8 tons or 55%, beef production by 100 tons or 5,3%.
In April, producers received an average of EUR 4,04 per kilogram of slaughter weight for lambs billed at a flat rate, which was three cents more than in the previous month. However, the comparable previous year's revenues were still missed by seven cents. The notifiable slaughterhouses accounted for around 1.390 lambs and sheep per week, partly on a flat-rate basis, partly according to commercial grades; that was almost 13 percent less than in the previous month. The offer from April 2003 was even undercut by around a fifth.
In the turkey market in particular, there was a significant increase in production: at almost 6.400 tons, the slaughterings from January to March of this year were almost 18 percent higher than the corresponding result for the previous year. This means that almost a quarter of all poultry slaughtered in Austria was in the turkey sector.
The supply of beef for slaughter in April was significantly smaller than a month earlier. Around twelve percent fewer cattle were slaughtered in Denmark, in Germany the deficit was a good eleven percent and in Holland as much as 15 percent. In most countries, however, more animals were available than a year ago. For young bulls in the R3 trading class, producers achieved an average of around 271 euros per 100 kilograms slaughter weight in the EU, which is around two euros less than in March. Listings in Germany, Spain and France fell the most, while surcharges were enforced in Ireland, Great Britain and the Netherlands.