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Germany has 82 million of the world’s wealthiest consumers and is by far the biggest market in the European Union.

Public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) plants is widespread, there is no commercial GE crop production, the government has banned the planting of some EU-approved GE crops, and practically...

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.

On April 28, 2015, the European Parliament approved the reform of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), which includes a 7 percent cap on food crop based biofuels for the transport sector.