298 94 307/02 Untersuchungen zum Stand der Umsetzung des ...

Teil 3 Seite 1-4
The following diagram describes the changes in the meat consumption in Germany from
1985 to 1999. There is a definite decrease of the beef consumption, which is compen-
sated, however, by an increasing consumption of poultry. The consumption of pork re-
mained nearly the same throughout this period. Thus, the overall amount of per capita
consumption did remain almost constant.
Fleischmenge [kg/Kopf]
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Pro-Kopf-Fleischverbrauch in Deutschland von 1985 bis 1999
1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999
Jahr
Figure 1-4: Per capita meat consumption in Germany
Rind- und Kalbfleisch
Schweinefleisch
Geflügelfleisch
Insgesamt
The meat is consumed as red meat at a ratio of approx. 60 %, about % is produced as
meat products (sausages and other meat products such as meat, sausage, mixed, or
poultry canned food). There has been a tendency towards a shift of this ratio towards the
red meat consumption.
For the comparison of different slaughterhouses, in Germany the terms slaughtering unit
(SU) and slaughtering weight (SW) are commonly used. One slaughtering unit equals the
weight of a pig or one quarter of the weight of a cow. Slaughtering weight (SW) is defined
as the warm weight of the slaughtered and disembowelled animal, that is for cows, calves,
and sheep without hide and head. In the following, these terms will be used.
In recent years, the slaughtering process has changed considerably. The slaughtering
animals are more and more slaughtered in industrial slaughterhouses and abattoirs. Like
the meat product industry, the small butcheries do normally not slaughter the animals
themselves. The industrial slaughterhouses operating today process approx. 2000 - 5.000
slaughtering units (SUs) per day, with one SU equalling one pig or one quarter of a cow.
The working hours amount mainly to approx. 8 hours per day; as a rule, there is no
slaughtering on weekends.
In regard to their organisation, the abattoirs can be subdivided into companies under
public law and companies under private law. The number of slaughterhouses in Germany