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Consumer demand for less plastic packaging was a key issue at the recent German Fruit and Vegetable Congress DOGK in Duesseldorf.

In June 2018, FAS Berlin received a request to facilitate the export of five takins – a “goat-antelope” from the eastern Himalayas – from Berlin’s zoo (Tierpark) to their new home....

Public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) plants in Germany is widespread; there is no commercial GE crop production and practically no foods labeled as Genetically Modified Organisms....

Germany is a member of the European Union (EU) and generally follows EU directives and regulations, including those relating to the importation of food products.

On August 8 - 10, 2018, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) presented the 2018 EU apple and pear crop forecast at the 42nd Prognosfruit convention in Warsaw/Poland.

Germany has 83 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.

Germany is the third-largest importer of cherries in the world after China and Hong Kong. From 2014 to 2017, between 54 and 74 percent of the cherries consumed in Germany were imported....

In the absence of a legally binding maximum level for cadmium in sunflower kernels, Germany applies a non-binding “guideline value” published by the former Federal Institute for Health Related....

On July 25, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment that organisms created through many newer genome editing techniques are to be regulated....

The Minister of Agriculture of China has declared that China will work to reopen the market for German poultry.

On June 14, 2018, an agreement on the successor to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) was reached for 2021-2030.

This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states. It supplements the EU-28 Biofuel Annual Report.