Now it's official: The Animal Welfare Initiative (ITW) is continuing its programme. Agriculture, the meat industry and trade have agreed on this in a joint declaration, which has now been confirmed by the ITW shareholders. About two-thirds of all fattening pigs in Germany and a good 80 percent of all fattening chickens and turkeys already benefit from the ITW...
Anyone who goes to the meat service counter at Kaufland knows exactly what they are getting: the highest quality and complete transparency. Greenpeace came to the same conclusion in their latest supermarket check...
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...
In times of a shortage of skilled workers, it is becoming increasingly difficult for companies to find suitable applicants for vacancies. This is exactly why the Tönnies group of companies from Rheda-Wiedenbrück attaches great importance to sound training. And with success: This year, too, all trainees in the various professions have completed their training - and around 90 percent will stay with the company after their training...
The market for cultured meat in Germany and Europe is considered promising. From 2025, the IFFA will focus on this major topic of the future and for this reason spoke to Ivo Rzegotta from the Good Food Institute Europe about the current status of alternatives to meat from animal husbandry. Promising startups and established companies from Germany are already playing an important role in the field of cell cultivation...
Bizerba, a leading global manufacturer of weighing solutions for industry and retail, and Fabbri Group, a renowned international specialist in automated food packaging, have announced their strategic cooperation. The aim of the cooperation is to offer a comprehensive solution for weighing, labeling, packaging and labeling processes. Both companies are globally active and enjoy an excellent reputation in their fields...
With the market launch of the new high-performance AL system PVLH 251, Handtmann offers medium-sized and industrial sausage manufacturers another automated production process for portioning, linking and hanging cooked and raw sausages in peeling and collagen casings. Vegan/vegetarian products and meat substitutes can also be automatically produced in shirred plant-based casings. Sausage products from the pet food segment can also be produced...
The trend towards eco is continuing, albeit weaker than in the previous year. This is shown by the latest structural data for organic farming from the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). In 2022, another 605 farms opted for organic farming. A total of 57.611 hectares have been converted to organic farming, which corresponds to an area of around 80.000 football pitches. In total, 2022 organic farms in Germany operated organically in 36.912 - 14,2 percent of all farms in Germany. A further 2.348 companies, such as bakeries, dairies and butchers, are also taking the opportunity to get started with ecological processing in food production.
The Handtmann Group celebrates its 150th anniversary. The company, which was founded in 1873 in Biberach an der Riss in Upper Swabia, now employs around 4.300 people worldwide, around 2.700 of them at its headquarters in Biberach. The Handtmann family, which is now the fifth generation to run the internationally active company, held a family day last Saturday. Employees and senior citizens were invited with their families to experience the six business areas of light metal casting, plant technology, system technology, e-solutions, plastics technology and filling and portioning systems (F&P) on site.
In order to further promote animal welfare, Kaufland now offers veal from companies in all branches that are certified according to the Animal Welfare Initiative (ITW) and thus meet the criteria for level 2 husbandry. For the calves, this means, among other things, more space in the housing and opportunities to scrub...
The Tönnies Group underlines its sustainability ambitions: The food producer from Rheda-Wiedenbrück has concluded a so-called ESG-linked financing for the first time. The long-term financing of over 500 million euros with several banks is linked to concrete and ambitious sustainability goals.