Food industry – In Germany, more than ever slaughtered – Süddeutsche.de

• In Germany in 2015 a record amount of meat was produced, the Federal Statistics Office reported.
• cause is the increasing meat consumption in Germany, but the increase in exports of large abattoirs.

8.22 million tonnes, which is a new record. So much meat have made the Federal Statistical Office in 2015 the German slaughterhouses. Compared to last year, meat production has been increasing by only 0.3 percent, but still exceeded the previous record set in 2011. In particular, the pig production has increased by 0.8 percent compared to the previous year.

This limit can not be explained solely by the consumption of the Germans. Because the consumption of meat in this country declined in recent years. Thus the per capita consumption of the Germans in 2011 was at an annual 61.6 kg and decreased by 2014 to 60.3 kilograms. However, global demand is increasing significantly. Especially China buys Europeans increasingly pork products from, it is the association of the meat industry (VFD). The leading slaughterhouses export amplified abroad. Germany’s largest slaughterhouse Tonnies example has an export quota of around 50 percent.

A few large corporations dominate the industry

This is, however, well above the average. Because according to the VFD, the majority of pig production is still consumed in Germany, only about five percent going to countries outside the EU. The majority of the meat exports would be sold in neighboring European countries, says Heike Harstick, Managing Director of VFD.

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It keeps the increase in production volume in pork for a normal fluctuation in the market. “Were that more pigs slaughtered, is that due to the market outlook more pigs were reared. 2015, however, was a year of extremely low prices, so the pork production will turn out even lower again this year.”

Greenpeace -expert Martin Hofstetter sees things differently and derived from the high production a general trend from. For him, the record is an indictment. “Meat is so cheap as never before,” he says. “And what do the farmers at lower prices? Many increase even more the production and ruining so environmental and climate even more.” Here a survey of According to the Ministry of Agriculture, more than 80 percent of Germans would be prepared to pay higher prices for meat – on the condition that the animals are kept better

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Germany is Europe’s number one producer pigs. The meat industry is dominated by a few large firms, centralized market. Less and less meat is imported, as well as the latest figures from the Federal Statistical Office show. Accordingly, in 2015 about 100 000 pigs were less imported from abroad, to be slaughtered in Germany.

Returned is in the past year, at least slightly, the poultry production. Also the number of slaughtered cattle decreased. However, the slaughter weight of the animals was higher than last year. Therefore, the produced quantity of beef at the end is only slightly lower. A trend that often shows up. Reason being, the authors of the 2016 Fleischatlasses write that the animals would even more fattened. The breeding judge on how much an animal to meat brings

Although more and more people eating most meat – but not nearly as much as the Germans, whose consumption falls yes. In 2013 was the annual per capita consumption, according to the meat Atlas world at an average of only 43.1 kg.

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