Bavarian consumers throw away less food than the national average. With an average of 65 kg of discarded food per capita and year, the Bavarians are well below the nationwide figure of 82 kg. This is the first result of a study on food waste in Bavaria, which the Bavarian State Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests, Helmut Brunner, presented today in Kulmbach. The complete study will be published in spring 2013.
The President of the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Dr. Helmut Tschiersky-Schöneburg, is pleased about the decision of the Conference of Consumer Protection Ministers to conclude an agreement on cooperation between the federal government and the federal states in the event of a crisis. In addition to defining clear principles for coordinated crisis communication, the agreement will institutionalize the "Food and Feed Safety" task force at the BVL as a new element of crisis management.
The Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister of Finance Hartmut Koschyk takes the start of the new school year as an opportunity to point out when the provision of food and drinks in a school is exempt from sales tax or is only subject to the reduced sales tax rate. It is important to the Federal Government that children not only find good learning conditions, but that they can also be provided with high-quality and inexpensive food in school.
With the exception of “Die Linken”, all parliamentary groups in a joint motion (17/7182) at the end of last year called on the federal government to work for a significant acceleration in the global transformation of national economies towards economically, ecologically and socially sustainable economic models.
The German Butchers' Association welcomes the new draft of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) on the delimitation of deliveries and other services in the distribution of food and beverages. The level of the sales tax rate in the party service and in the snack bar (7% or 19%) depends on this definition. To ensure a uniform application, the DFV requires additional application examples.
Joint statement by BLL, BVL / HDE, DBV and VZBV on the opinion of the Federal Commissioner for Economic Efficiency in Administration on the subject of "Organization of consumer health protection (focus on food)"
PARTY SERVICE BUND DEUTSCHLAND eV contacted the Federal Ministry of Finance and the members of the Bundestag from the individual parliamentary groups responsible for tax issues by email. "We urgently need clarity," writes Federal Managing Director Wolfgang Finken in it.
In a dispute over the import of Danish pork to Germany, the Cologne Higher Regional Court declared a claim for damages against the Federal Republic of Germany to be unfounded in a judgment announced on March 15, 2012. The plaintiff - an industry association of cooperatively organized Danish slaughterhouses and pig breeders - had accused the Federal Republic of a violation of European Community law and alleged that the Danish pig farmers suffered damage of around 140 million euros as a result. The cause of the dispute was the intention of Danish pig farmers to sell the meat of non-castrated male pigs and also to export it to Germany. However, this meat can have a strong sexual odor and strong taste, which is why every male animal must first be tested for human health after slaughter. Up until 1999, the Federal Republic of Germany prescribed a specific test method that was not provided in Denmark at the time. The European Court of Justice ruled at the end of 1998 that this had been contradicted as a result of an EU directive from 1993, according to which the respective national test methods and test results of the exporting countries should also be recognized in the other member states. The plaintiff had asserted with the action that due to the non-compliant legal situation in Germany, the Danish pig breeders had been forced to castrate all male pigs, which resulted in additional costs for the production in the amount claimed.
The German food industry takes its responsibility very seriously to offer German consumers safe and high-quality products every day, especially when it comes to the nutrition and health of children. The companies take into account the latest scientific findings and are based on the recommendations of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) or the Research Institute for Child Nutrition (FKE).
Undeclared work is increasingly causing problems for the party service industry in the private sector. Wolfgang Finken, the federal manager of the PARTY SERVICE BUND DEUTSCHLAND eV (PSB) complains. And he demands consequences. The authorities should vigorously take up the fight against illegal employment in this branch, said Finken. Anonymous reports must also be possible, because no entrepreneur can be expected to report a competitor with full disclosure of the identity. "It is well known that many police stations and tax offices accept anonymous reports and take them seriously," adds the PSB Federal Managing Director.
Fernanda Guerrieri, FAO, Assistant Director General / Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia made it unmistakably clear: “The green economy is not a luxury, but a necessity. “And we have to face this challenge worldwide.” By 2050, nine billion people will be living on our planet, all of whom will have to be fed. Around three quarters of them will be living in cities by 2030.