The Federal Statistical Office reported today sober about the new battle record in Germany: in 2010 produced 302 000 tons more meat than the previous year. The production amounted to 8 million tons, or, for clarity, 8 billion kg.
"The constant growth Battle of the numbers is a civilized society, "unworthy, commented Wolfgang Schindler, President of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation for our contemporary world and points out that suffering for the cruel slaughter of record companies about a billion animals and had to die - especially chickens.
Meat consumption in Germany declined slightly, but the agricultural industry has long since turned to foreign markets. The federal government is helping with an export promotion program in developing new markets. The Albert Schweitzer Foundation calls for the reversal: "We are dealing with an industry that even with minimal requirements of the Animal Welfare Act feet occurs to produce at world market prices can, "said Schindler lawyer.
press release of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation
And to eat, despite food scandals, presence of vegetarianism in the media and general health recommendations, less meat. One explanation for the statistics following article:
Several studies on the BSE scandal shows that food scares, consumers may still influence - but only briefly. "If such a thing is massively distributed, the effect is extremely strong," said Hans Mathias Kepplinger, Professor of Communications Research at the University of Mainz. Sun end of 1999 had increased the reporting of BSE sharply in January will be the sales of beef fell by 68 percent and in June were at least another 25 to 30 percent less beef sold in Germany. This effect could be observed in spoiled meat scandals or after the discovery of toxic ragwort in rocket 2009th "That will wear relatively quickly again," said Kepplinger. The reason is not that consumers were convinced that the danger was over. Rather, a weariness of the reaction by the motto: "You can not even afraid of everything."
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