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Stuttgart / Munich (dpa) - The Baden-Württemberg Minister of Agriculture Peter Hauk (CDU) calls for an end to price dumping for meat.
It has to be about quality, not price, said the CDU politician on Friday in Stuttgart after a video conference with his Bavarian colleague Michaela Kaniber (CSU) and representatives of the food retail sector on the situation of the pig market.
He again called on the federal government to ban advertising with dumping prices in connection with meat and meat products.
Kaniber said that in future, quality should be the focus of advertising and not price.
In the past, farmers protested against long-term bargains, especially when it came to meat, and large retail chains approached the producers.
Kaniber pointed out that Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have their own quality seals.
They have reached the consumer in Bavaria.
Hauk said that the further development of these programs is of great importance in order to make the southern German pig sector more sustainable and therefore more competitive.
Hauk promoted a Baden-Württemberg Federal Council initiative.
This is intended to create the basis for the industry to be able to set minimum prices for meat on its own.
"Politicians cannot set any guidelines here, and that's not our job either, but we have to create the framework conditions so that the industry can take action."
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