The major German food retailers will use a consistent System for posture identification in the case of meat. Thus, the buyer of meat obtained will be applied quickly recognizable information on how animals were kept. the
For many customers, it is a Nuisance that you get in the supermarket when buying meat rare information about the animal husbandry. That should change in the future: The major German food retailers such as Edeka, Rewe, Aldi and Lidl will use a uniform System for posture identification in bovine animals and pig meat as well as poultry, such as the Initiative for animal welfare (ITW) announced on Friday.
From 1. April should be introduced in the System in stages – first, in the case of packaged products. Many retail chains had begun in the last few months with the introduction of their own labelling systems in terms of animal husbandry.
pioneer Lidl
But this was for the consumer because of the inconsistency of the identification sometimes confusing. The now of the ITW System developed consists of four stages. The first stage of “Housing” is only the statutory requirements. Meat, which is characterized with the level 2 “housing plus” that ensures the animals, among other things, more space and additional employment materials.
stage 3, “the external climate” guarantees that the animals more space and fresh air contact. At level 4, “Premium”, you have also opportunities in the Free, organic Meat is classified in this stage. To find the label was in the future at Aldi, Edeka, Kaufland, Lidl, Netto Marken-Discount, Penny, and Rewe, it said. The System is so designed that it is identification is, in principle, with the proposed state animal welfare-compatible.
Lidl had introduced a labelling system, which is now announced to be very similar. In this respect, the Disounter assumed a certain pioneering role.
Regardless of the new label of trade, Federal agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner plans yet also a state that is significantly more far-reaching animal welfare Label, that could give consumers significantly more information about the attitude of the animals.
