“The current federal government would like to abolish animal husbandry and switch the diet in Germany to vegetables and oatmeal,” says Hubert Kelliger, head of group sales at the large butcher Westfleisch.
The German meat industry has warned of impending supply bottlenecks, especially concerning pork, and a board member is putting at least some of the blame on Germany’s current left-wing government, which is well-known for its attacks on meat and efforts to transition to a plant-based food supply.
“In four, five, six months, we will have nothing on the shelves,” predicts Hubert Kelliger, head of group sales at the large butcher Westfleisch and also a member of the board of the Meat Industry Association (VDF), according to Die Welt.
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