Germany Seems Intent On Raising The Price Of Meat

Following up on August 2019's "How Will Germany's Meat Tax Affect JP Morgan's Brexit Relocation?":
Back in January 2018 we saw "J.P. Morgan is deploying photos of sausages to lure staff to Frankfurt".

But now FT Alphaville's Claire Jones has some troubling news.
Meat tax gives Germans something to chew on

Tacked up next to Frankfurt’s Schreiber stall, famed for the Bratwurst in buns it sells by the hundreds each lunchtime, is this:....MUCH MORE

And now, from Reuters, July 3:

Sent packing: Germany sets out to fry the cheap meat trade

How much should a slice of meat cost? More, says German Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner.
Following a coronavirus outbreak at a German abattoir which cast a spotlight on standards in the industry, Kloeckner is trying to wean German households - many on tight budgets - off low-cost meat.

    “Meat is too cheap,” Kloeckner told Reuters. “Lurid advertising with low prices for meat does not fit with appreciation and sustainability ... This is no longer acceptable.”

Cut price meat, from peppered salami to the traditional sausage or Wurst, is a staple for many German consumers but a recent COVID-19 outbreak at a meat plant in the west of the country has raised questions about some of the measures taken to keep prices down.

Efforts to track down people affected by the virus were hampered when some slaughterhouses were unable to give the home addresses of all their workers because they were relying on sub-contracting firms to supply them with migrant labour.

Some of the sub-contracting firms were themselves also relying on sub-contractors to get them staff....

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