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Germany remained the largest EU customer
According to its own information, France exported around 2003 tons of poultry meat in 615.400, eight percent less than the year before. While chicken meat exports fell by three percent to 336.750 tons, turkey meat exports fell by 15 percent to 229.400 tons.
French poultry meat deliveries to the German market fell by ten percent to 66.250 tons; Germany thus remained the largest EU buyer. With minus 21 percent to 43.700 tons, exports to the United Kingdom fell even more significantly. At 260.850 tons, sales throughout the EU were four percent below the 2002 level.
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Tulip Bacon Classic Layout - for even better handling.
Tulip Food Service GmbH, Kiel, also offers the classic Tulip Bacon slices fanned out on baking paper. The whole layer can be placed directly on a tray and prepared in the oven - it couldn't be easier or faster!
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Offer larger than expected
At the end of April this year, the plentiful supply of piglets exceeded the often medium, sometimes quiet to sluggish demand from fatteners and could only be sold with further price reductions. At the end of April, the piglet producers received a little more than 40 euros per animal, around five euros less than in the previous year. This means that the upward trend in prices observed in the first quarter of this year has already come to an end. After the producers received an average of only around 25 euros for a 35-kilogram ring piglet at the beginning of January, the price climbed to a good 50 euros per piglet by mid-March and exceeded the comparable level of the previous year. In addition to the noticeable increase in pig prices for slaughter, the reason for this was the expected lower supply trend. In this context, reference was repeatedly made to the consequences of the last hot summer.
In fact, the statistically recorded supply of ring piglets in the first two months of this year was only around 0,7 percent below the previous year's level. In the first two weeks of March, it fell even more significantly, namely by around four percent, to the level at that time. Since then, however, it has noticeably increased again. The number of piglets in the entire first quarter is likely to have been almost 3,7 million animals and thus turned out to be similar in size to the corresponding period of the previous year. Apparently, the effects of last year's summer heat were overestimated, especially since the sow stocks were increased.
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EU law applies to egg farming in CEE countries
Egg farming in the new EU countries must be based on EU regulations in the future. In addition, production in the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) is becoming increasingly commercial; the economic importance of backyard stocks has already decreased in recent years. However, in some countries these stocks still make a significant contribution to the egg supply. However, these goods are not usually intended for international trade.
With their accession on May 1st of this year, the new member states have to implement the EU directive on the protection of laying hens. The guideline stipulates that conventional cage farming in the European Union will only be permitted until the end of 2011. After that, in addition to floor and free-range husbandry, there is only the option of keeping hens in equipped cages: These cages must be equipped with perches, nests, the possibility of a dust bath and claw surfaces. This form of husbandry will then probably also be included in the CEEC standard. According to the current state of knowledge, EU legislation has been implemented 1:1 in most countries.
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New sales stand handed over - asparagus sausage presented
From the outside it looks like a normal bratwurst, has green "chunks" on the inside and convinces with its very own, piquant taste. The new asparagus bratwurst could be a hit at the meat counter. On Saturday, early in the morning, it was offered to the public for the first time. And since the new asparagus sales stand of the Seydaer Agrargenossenschaft was put into operation on this day, the new delicacies were sizzling right next door, on the grill of the Seydaer Landfleischerei.
Let's stay with the bratwurst with asparagus for now. The head of the butcher's shop, Henry Schimpfkäse, had the idea of processing the very popular and quite noble field vegetables in a sausage. This was reported by Uwe Vogt, who prepared the first sausages for tasting shortly before 9 a.m. on Saturday. "The master experimented a bit at first, and now the right recipe has been found. Dried asparagus is added to the sausage, along with a special seasoning mix, and that's pretty much it." The first tests on the "living object" were carried out last week, "and it worked very well".
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Erich Gölz (50) has been appointed to the board of Premium-Fleisch AG with immediate effect. In addition to Gölz, the Management Board also includes the CEO of Premium-Fleisch AG, Dr. Heinz Schweer (52) and Carsten Barelmann (48). Gölz is also CEO of CG Nordfleisch AG, Hamburg, which belongs to the Bestmeat Group and whose subsidiary NFZ Norddeutsche Fleischzentrale GmbH is the majority shareholder in Premium-Fleisch AG.
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Werner Hilse (52), President of the Landvolk Niedersachsen-Landesbauernverband eV, was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CG Nordfleisch AG, Hamburg. The Nordfleisch Group belongs to the Dutch Bestmeat Group, which is Europe's second largest meat marketer with 14,5 million pigs and 0,9 million cattle slaughtered, annual sales of EUR 5,1 billion and around 10.000 employees.
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Companies in the German meat industry can look to the future with optimism. As the Association of the Meat Industry (VDF) and the Federal Association of the German Meat Industry (BVDF) explained at their first joint annual conference in Berlin, the past year has developed positively overall. In 2003, meat consumption rose by 800 grams to 60,8 kg per capita. Of this total, 39,3 kg (+ 600 g) was pork and 8,4 kg beef and veal, while poultry consumed 10,6 (+ 200 g). The rest was other meat such as lamb, game or rabbit. Around half of all meat consumption comes from meat products such as sausage and ham.
Meat, especially pork and some meat products, were cheaper for consumers last year than the year before. For 2003, the Federal Statistical Office reported a 1,3 percent lower price level. In the first few months of the current year, however, agricultural producer prices rose again significantly, so that the development of the previous year is currently being reversed. On the other hand, the increasing market share of the discounting retail companies, which increasingly offer fresh meat in addition to sausage and ham, will continue. In view of the changed nutritional behavior against the background of increasing social changes, ready-to-cook products and snacks with a high degree of convenience as well as out-of-home consumption are becoming increasingly important for many companies.
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Presentation at the IFFA
At the "IFFA International Trade Fair for the Meat Industry" from May 15 to 20.5.04, XNUMX in Frankfurt, the Fraunhofer IPA will be presenting a method for tissue differentiation that can be used to optimize automated cutting processes in real time.
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39th Kulmbach Week of the Federal Research Center for Nutrition
From May 4th to 5th, 2004, the 39th Kulmbach Week took place in the building of the Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food (BFEL), Kulmbach site. With 250 participants from 7 countries, the spatial capacities of the organizers were exhausted. 11 specialist lectures on general topics of meat research and the exchange between science and practice on the topic "Teewurst - A risky product?" showed the range of research work at the Kulmbach Research Institute.
In his opening speech, the acting head of the Federal Food Research Institute (BFEL), undersecretary Fritz Johannes, emphasized the diversity and topicality of this year's Kulmbach Week. "But I am particularly pleased about the impressive regional support, especially from the food industry, which our institution receives at the Kulmbach site," he added, referring to the lively presence of local elected representatives. The very first lecture made it clear how much the value of federal research lies in its continuity: Dr. Milan Ristic reported on 30 years of quality research on poultry meat and eggs. An almost unbelievable change in the genetic performance of the animals and in the fattening methods has shaped this long epoch. "But the greatest merit is that we were able to maintain the quality of the poultry meat," summarized the scientist. As a contrast to this, Dr. In the following lecture, Wolfgang Branscheid takes a look at the risk aspects of meat production. An expert survey in cooperation with the University of Göttingen resulted in an assessment of how the risks in the meat sector could develop in the future. After that, many things will become easier and easier to control because technical progress is taking hold. Nevertheless, long-term public discussions remain unavoidable, affecting areas such as genetic engineering, breeding methods, but also the challenges to hygiene in the context of globalization and the increasing number of new pathogens of animal diseases. Health was viewed very differently by Dr. Karl-Otto Honikel, nutritional and health claims for meat and meat products were his topic. What can be found on the label is the concern of the consumer, and the EU sees a need for regulation. It is already foreseeable that health-related claims will be difficult to realise. "So take the opportunity to highlight the nutritional benefits of your products," Honikel encouraged meat processors. From reduced energy to low in fat to rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, many statements are possible.
