The Federal Minister of Agriculture wants to enforce better production conditions for food.
(Photo: imago images / Christian Spicker)
Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir is considering banning the sale of food at a price below the production cost. “The big players are no longer allowed to dictate prices and optimize margins,” said the Green politician to the editorial network in Germany, according to a preliminary report from the Friday edition. Fair conditions are needed for everyone in the food chain. “To this end, among other things, we want to strengthen anti-trust abuse control and merger control in the Federal Cartel Office, continue to take action against unfair trading practices and examine whether the sale of food below production costs can be prevented.”
Özdemir also resisted criticism that his latest plea against “junk prices” for meat, for example, was anti-social. “Everyone should still be able to afford meat. It shouldn’t become a luxury good. ”But it was dishonest to try to play off certain groups against each other on the subject. Özdemir had declared a few days ago that there should be no more junk prices for food. They drove farms to ruin, prevented more animal welfare, promoted the extinction of species and polluted the climate. Food should not become a luxury good, but its price should express “the ecological truth” more strongly.
According to the coalition agreement, the proportion of organic agriculture is to increase from less than ten to 30 percent by 2030. To this end, the vegetarian Özdemir wants to “use the buying power of the state”: The state has to be a role model and convert the catering in public facilities to more regionality and more organic.
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