From 2024 there will be mandatory labeling for meat in supermarkets. A system with five husbandry categories during fattening from the legal minimum standard to organic is planned.
In the future, when buying meat in the supermarket, a state logo will also indicate the form of animal husbandry. On Friday, the Bundesrat passed a law passed by the Bundestag that provides for mandatory labeling for domestic products from 2024. According to plans by Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir (Greens), the logo should initially start with pork in the trade.
A system with five husbandry categories during fattening from the legal minimum standard to organic is planned. The traffic light coalition has already announced that it will expand to include sausage and gastronomy, as well as sows and piglets. The large supermarket chains have had their own husbandry labeling for a long time.
In the state chamber, a committee recommendation to send the law to the joint mediation committee with the Bundestag did not find a majority. This would have slowed down the process.
Source: Stern
