The Chamber of Agriculture considers a 95% retail share of domestic pork to be desirable in Hungary

The National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) would consider it an example to follow and it would be beneficial for both the actors of the food chain and consumers to sell only Hungarian-produced fresh pork in Hungary, the organization indicated in its statement on Tuesday. NAK stands next to Hungarian pork NAK sees the announcement by the REWE Group, the second largest German food retail chain, including Penny Market, to increase the proportion of fresh German pork in its stores to 95 percent by summer 2022 and to raise the guaranteed minimum purchase price for livestock farmers. The chamber draws the attention of retail chains operating in Hungary to follow this example and base their fresh pork offer even entirely on pork fattened and slaughtered in Hungary. By the summer of 2022, the REWE Group intends to transform the supply of fresh pork from conventional farming to be 95% of German origin: from farrowing of piglets to rearing, fattening, slaughter to processing, all processes ...