date:Aug 21, 2014
The German food industry has formed an alliance to respond to the ongoing criticism on animal husbandry.
Farmers, the meat industry and retailers want to set higher animal welfare standards across a broader front with a new animal welfare initiative.
There are already some animal welfare labels for meat products in the German supermarkets.
However, none of them gained a significant market share.
The basic idea of the new Initiative Tierwohl (Initiative Animal Welfare) is that the food indust