Press release No. 042 of 7 February 2017
WIESBADEN – In 2016, German commercial slaughterhouses achieved a new record in meat production. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, compared with the previous year, meat production rose slightly by 0.1% (4,500 tonnes) to a total 8.25 million tonnes. This exceeded the previous record of the total quantity of meat produced commercially in the preceding year (8.24 million tonnes of meat).