Vion Food Group is selling the remaining sites of Vion Zucht- und Nutzvieh GmbH (ZuN) in Duben, Bernsdorf, Dalum, and Einbeck to Raiffeisen Viehzentrale (RVZ). As part of the transaction, Germany's largest cooperatively organized livestock trading company is taking over more than 40 Vion employees...
The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) has reinstated the "foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)-free without vaccination" status for the vast majority of Germany, effective March 12.03.2025, XNUMX. This was based on a request from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) to establish a so-called "containment zone," which the WOAH has now approved...
Bangkok/Hanoi – Thai meat producer Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods), one of the largest players in the global meat industry, is intensifying its investments in Vietnam. The company aims to further expand its presence in the Vietnamese agricultural and food sector, focusing on sustainable production methods, technological innovations, and the growing demand for high-quality meat in the region...
Westfleisch grew its revenues for the third consecutive year in 2024: The Münster-based second-largest German meat marketer increased its sales by 1,5 percent to €3,4 billion last year. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amounted to €19,7 million...
"Debt-financed investment programs can only have a sustainable impact if the necessary reforms that trigger self-sustaining growth dynamics are addressed at the same time," commented Steffen Reiter, Managing Director of the German Meat Industry Association (VDF), on the proposed constitutional amendment by the CDU, CSU, SPD, and Greens...
Data is also a valuable asset in the meat processing industry. By collecting and analyzing data, companies can not only optimize production processes but also identify problems early on and respond flexibly to market changes and customer demands. The world's leading trade fair, IFFA Technology for Meat and Alternative Proteins, will showcase the technologies used in this process under its key theme "Creating Value from Data"...
Bonn, March 13.03.2025, XNUMX – "The fact that the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has succeeded in obtaining recognition of a zone and thus foot-and-mouth disease-free status for most of Germany from the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) is a great success," said Steffen Reiter, Managing Director of the German Meat Industry Association (VDF)...
In 2024, sales of organic food and beverages increased by almost six percent compared to the previous year. This is according to the 2025 industry report of the German Organic Food Industry Association (BÖLW). Last year, German consumers spent a record amount of 17 billion euros on organic food and beverages...
For the third time, the BranchenDialog Fleisch + Wurst is taking place as part of a host concept: The organizers GS1, Lebensmittelpraxis and AMI are expecting the "crème de la crème" of the German meat industry at the Ochsenhausen monastery on April 2 and 3, 2025. The host is the film manufacturer SÜDPACK...
Good news for the German butcher trade! The German Butchers' Association (DFV) opened a representative office in Berlin at the beginning of March 2025. This is an important step to bring the interests of the trade into political work even more directly and effectively.
The shop front on Thalkirchener Strasse is classically simple, with red neon lettering, the entrance to the butcher's shop with snack bar on the right, and a narrow door to the dealer area on the left. It is only further back that you can see how big the Magnus Bauch butcher's shop really is. The production rooms extend over the entire area of two large townhouses - and two floors deep into Munich's underground...