Meat industry
As meat industry refers to an industry of the manufacturing sector of the food industry , mainly with the slaughter and meat processing busy. In addition, the cattle collection, the cattle trade and the wholesale of the products are also included in some cases . It encompasses both commercial production in craft and industry. Colloquially, the branch of industry is also referred to as the meat industry .
Sub-areas in the European Union
Due to the long tradition in different regions of the world, strongly differing views on the allocation or exclusion of subordinate economic sectors have emerged. In the European Union , the economic sectors are classified according to the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE). “Slaughtering and meat processing” is part of the manufacturing industry there . It is divided into:
- Slaughter of poultry
- Slaughter of other animals
- Meat processing
In individual countries, the companies in the sector have come together to form interest groups. In Germany, the Association of the Meat Industry (VDF) has stipulated that companies from the following areas are also included:
- Cattle capture
- Meat packaging for the end consumer,
- Meat wholesale
- Foreign trade with livestock and meat
Further processing stages such as the production of ready meals and convenience foods other than those mentioned are counted among other branches of industry.
Slaughter of poultry
This area includes:
- Operation of slaughterhouses in which poultry is slaughtered, trimmed and packaged
- Production of fresh or frozen poultry meat in single portions
- Skipping poultry fats
- Extraction of feathers and down
Slaughter of other animals
This area includes:
- Operation of slaughterhouses in which meat is slaughtered and meat is dressed and packaged: cattle , pigs , lambs, mutton , camels , etc.
- Production of fresh and frozen meat, in carcases and pieces
- Slaughter and processing of whales on land or on dedicated fishing vessels
- Extraction of hides and hides , including bristle hair and hair , in slaughterhouses
- Skipping bacon and other edible animal fats
- Processing of slaughterhouse waste
- Production of hide wool
Meat processing
This area includes:
- Manufacture of dried , salted or smoked meat
- Production of meat products such as: sausage , pies , meat products in aspic , lard and other canned meat , cooked ham
Key figures
The information on the industry fluctuates greatly, as the recording methods are partly based on the amount of animal products intended as food for consumption , but the slaughter weight of live animals is also recorded. The following key figures come from the 2014 Meat Atlas of the Heinrich Böll Foundation , a party-affiliated foundation of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen in Germany.
Animal species | Number (million heads) |
---|---|
Chicken | 58.110 |
Ducks | 2,817 |
Pigs | 1,383 |
Turkeys | 654 |
Geese and guinea fowl | 649 |
Sheep | 517 |
Goats | 430 |
Bovine | 296 |
buffalo | 24 |
Animal species | Weight in million tons |
---|---|
Pigs | 114.2 |
poultry | 106.4 |
Bovine | 68.1 |
Domestic sheep / domestic goat | 13.8 |
total | 308.2 |
See also
Web links
Katja Iken: "Loud squeaks, grim grunts, excruciating whimpers". Cradle of the meat industry (Chicago). Spiegel.de, June 27, 2020 (accessed June 29, 2020)
literature
- Achim Spiller, Birgit Schulze (ed.): Future perspectives of the meat industry. Consumers, markets, business relationships . Universitätsverlag, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-940344-13-7 (available as PDF (5.1 MB) ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online version of NACE. In: RAMON . Eurostat , accessed on November 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Code C10.12: Slaughter of poultry. In: NACE via RAMON. Eurostat, accessed on November 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Code C10.11: Slaughter (excluding poultry). In: NACE via RAMON. Eurostat, accessed on November 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Code C10.13: Meat processing. In: NACE iva RAMON. Eurostat, accessed on November 15, 2015 .
- ↑ University of Göttingen, Albersmeier & Spiller, The reputation of the meat industry: On the importance of a cross-level perspective , 2009
- ↑ Meat Atlas 2014. (PDF; 3.61 MB) Heinrich Böll Foundation , January 8, 2014, accessed on November 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Meat Atlas 2014. (PDF; 3.61 MB) Heinrich Böll Foundation , January 8, 2014, p. 19 , accessed on November 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Meat Atlas 2014. (PDF; 3.61 MB) Heinrich Böll Foundation , January 8, 2014, p. 10 , accessed on November 15, 2015 .