a Corona onset at toennies is the largest German Slaughterhouse for pigs, still. For consumers this has no consequences, says an expert. Cheap meat and the working conditions in the industry, but in the focus.
Düsseldorf/Gütersloh, Germany (dpa) – The temporary closure of the largest Slaughterhouse by Tönnies in Rheda-Wiedenbrück to a Corona eruption with currently 730 Infected will not lead to expert evaluation to supply bottlenecks.
“the meat is in Germany, not scarce, not pork,” said Tim cook, of the agricultural market information company in Bonn.
At the same time, meat production and their work, but conditions will be increasingly critical in the focus. “There are hair-raising special offers, in which meat is clearly below its value is sold. We need to stop. Because, in principle, of selling below cost is prohibited, the price already,” said the NRW Minister of agriculture, Ursula Heinen-Esser (CDU) the “Rheinische Post”. To do this, NRW is working on an initiative in the Bundesrat.
Federal Minister of labour, Hubertus Heil (SPD), called the news from Rheda-Wiedenbrück on Thursday of “shocking”. There is experience of what is going on, “if workers from Central and Eastern Europe, at us is not fair deal”. He felt confirmed, the course, in the meat industry to clean up, consistently implement, said salvation in Berlin. In the summer he wanted to submit to a law which makes a digital recording of the working time in the meat industry. In addition, works are to be contracts in the industry says.
NRW health Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) announced that the industry to make a scientific analysis. “We need to investigate how the Corona outbreaks in the meat industry,” said Laumann on Friday. “My Ministry is to bring a scientific Expertise on the way that goes to the causes of the outbreak in Gütersloh epidemiologically to the bottom of this.”
The meat factory is currently closed – just like nurseries and schools in the district of Gütersloh. Were evaluated according to information from Thursday evening so far 1106 results of the authorities is arranged a series of tests. In the Tönnies factory must be tested in the next few days around 5,300 employees.
the head of The SPD parliamentary group in North Rhine-Westphalia, Thomas Kutschaty, called the “Rheinische Post” free Corona Tests in the circular. “I expect now that in a circle, extensive, and closely will be tested free of charge for anyone who had the most contact. Because it comes to hours.” Kutschaty also called for further measures for the case that the number of Infected increases significantly: “Should exceed the value of 50 new infections are among within a week per 100,000 inhabitants, must the Lord explain Laschet me why there is no Lockdown.”
In Rheda-Wiedenbrück are slaughtered according to Tönnies per day 20 000 pigs and disassembled. The industry did screw a number of actuators, the at Tönnies dropouts of the battle of the capacity to compensate, at least partially, said agricultural expert chef. Tönnies would increase the number of slaughterings in other locations, other companies also have this option.
problems can cause a halt in the battle in Rheda-Wiedenbrück the pig fatteners. If a Mäster could not market within one to two weeks of his animals, it might give you trouble, said Miriam Gold buttons, a consultant for animals in agriculture of the German animal protection Association.
“all of This is timed very strictly,” said gold circuit. It is a place threatened in the stables of the problems, because new young animals would be arriving, and it was not clear what to do with the older animals. “The pig loses at a certain point, with increasing weight on value,” says Gold buttons. One reason is the predilection of the Germans for lean meat is.
a spokesman for the Westphalian-Lippe agricultural Association, said: “two weeks ago, the farmers can bypass the Situation of relatively low loss. The closure will take longer to come to the pig fattening problems.” The to a specific target weight towards the fattened pigs would be fat, threatened losses, deductions by a Price.
According to Figures from the Federal Statistical office have been slaughtered in the past year, 55.1 million pigs in Germany, 3.0% less than 2018. Of these, about 3.3 million pigs for slaughter were imported from abroad.
