Case 3: EGO
| Case | Eichenhof |
| Location |
Germany: Southern part of Lower Saxony. Region: Osnabrücker Land |
| Number of farms |
Contracted farmers in 2009: - 170 piglet producers (about 520.000 piglets) - 308 pig fatteners (about 475.000 pigs) |
| Self-sufficiency | Self-sufficiency in Germany is 107.8% for pork meat Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) |
| Number of pigs slaughtered |
Number of pigs slaughtered in Germany: 56 million in 2009 (Statistisches Bundesambt, 2010) Number of pigs slaughtered in the EGO (2009): over 510,000 pigs |
| Import of living pigs | Piglet imports in Germany amount to over 10 million (see ZDS, 2010) |
| Export of living pigs | Number of living pigs exported from Germany in 2009: 3.1 million (Statistisches Bundesambt, 2010) |
| Export of pork meat |
Amount of pork meat exported from Germany in 2009: 1,85 million ton Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV)
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| Consumption per head |
Consumption in 2009: 39 kg pork meat per head (see previous link) |
| Consumer channels | Main market channels for EGO are butcheries and retail |
| Products | EGO produces mainly fresh meat (50.000 ton kg. in 2007) under a private label (Eichenhof) |
| Food safety measures |
Besides EU and national regulation, EGO has to comply with the Eichenhof standard, consisting of regulations for feed, health monitoring, regular farm inspections, etc., as well as HACCP in slaughtering and processing. The basic requirement for EGO is compliance to the QS (Qualität und Sicherheit) scheme. |
