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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.

There is an ongoing intense debate about animal welfare in Germany. Consumers consider animal welfare within meat production as important.

The Federal Association of the German Retail Grocery Trade (BVLH) has adopted a position paper on the feeding of livestock.

The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) have rejected the objection against its decision to not classify an herbicide-resistant rapeseed as GE.

The new agricultural policy report of the German government declares that mandatory labeling for GE products is exhaustively regulated at EU level.