The expansion of the origin labeling of meat came into force on February 1, 2024. It is then mandatory at points of sale to indicate where non-prepackaged fresh, chilled or frozen pork, sheep, goat and poultry meat comes from. Previously, the regulation only applied to unpackaged beef and packaged meat. With the corresponding regulation presented by Federal Minister Cem Özdemir, the federal government is fulfilling a long-held wish from the agricultural sector...

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In the future, unpackaged meat from pork, sheep, goat and poultry must have a label of origin. The Federal Cabinet today approved a corresponding draft regulation by the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir. From the beginning of 2024, consumers will be informed about the origin of every fresh, chilled and frozen piece of meat from these animals...

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A request from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag brought it to light again: In the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL), there is no longer any meat or sausage when it comes to hospitality. As the German Butchers' Association is now emphasizing, companies in the butcher's trade are ready to close the gap that has arisen in balanced nutrition with healthy, regional and sustainable products...

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Last Friday, the German Bundestag passed the law presented by the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, for mandatory state animal husbandry labelling. Changes in the building code were also decided to facilitate barn conversions...

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Last week, the federal government approved the regulation on the labeling of origin of food presented by the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir. The new regulation extends the indication of the origin of fresh, chilled and frozen pork, sheep, goat and poultry meat to non-prepacked meat. This was previously only required for packaged meat. Labeling of origin is already mandatory for unpackaged beef...

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People all over the world eat too much salt and thus absorb too much sodium. Only XNUMX percent of World Health Organization (WHO) member states have mandatory and comprehensive action to address sodium excess, a global report finds.

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In 2023 there will be some new legal regulations in the area of ​​nutrition and consumer protection that have already come into force or are due to come into force in the course of the year. These include the planned animal welfare label, a reusable obligation for the catering trade, new maximum values ​​​​for hydrocyanic acid or the supply chain law, the consumer centers report...

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In a first statement today, the Bundesrat endorsed the draft law presented by the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, on the labeling of foodstuffs with the husbandry form of the animals from which they were obtained (animal husbandry labeling law - TierHaltKennzG)...

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As various media reports, a draft law on state animal husbandry labeling is currently circulating within the federal government. A model of no value for the German poultry industry so far: The paper is largely limited to the marketing channel trade, leaves out the entire area of ​​out-of-home consumption and gastronomy and also forgets to include processed meat products in the regulatory area...

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Another acquittal for the meat industry," says Dr. Heike Harstick, General Manager of the Association of the Meat Industry Judgment by the Münster Administrative Court on wage compensation for employees in the meat industry. "Now it has been confirmed for the second time that the meat industry did not deal negligently with the Corona situation," continued Harstick...

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Before the coalition negotiations began in Berlin, the meat industry asked the SPD, Greens and FDP parties to be more objective in terms of animal husbandry and meat consumption in their talks on climate protection measures ...

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