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FAS Berlin successfully hosted an ice cream-making contest with flavors featuring U.S. ingredients.

Despite frosts, lack of June rain, and a spider mite infestation, German hops production is expected to be average due in part to increased growing area.

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....

A shifting political landscape in the EU has led to fears that voting “against” import authorization of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops is becoming perilously close to a new norm.

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

The German food service sector is large, fragmented and highly competitive. Food service sales continue to be led primarily by independent full-service restaurants.

The German food industry represents the fourth–largest industry in Germany. In 2016, Germany produced an estimated USD $196 billion of processed food and drinks.

On February 2, 2017, the European Commission launched a consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to better understand where the current policy can be simplified....

Animal welfare is at the heart of the discussion regarding the farming’s future in Germany.

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.

Two studies conducted by Eastern European Members States (MS) have concluded that identically branded food products are being sold with lower quality in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.