Promotion of regional meat processing
Performance specification
Due to structural change, only a few artisanal self-slaughtering businesses are still located in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. But it is precisely these businesses that support sustainable and animal-friendly management in our rural region with their work. They create added value locally, which strengthens our district. The district of Waldeck-Frankenberg is therefore committed to strengthening local self-slaughtering and meat-processing businesses with this funding guideline.
Furthermore, we want to take into account the interests of consumers in regionally produced food and increase animal welfare and sustainability in livestock farming. By supporting the local butcher's trade, the supported enterprises are to be strengthened for the future and the structural change in the butcher's sector is to be counteracted. We see the preservation of regional slaughter structures as linked to the opportunity for increased regional added value and employment. Smaller slaughterhouses and self-slaughtering butchers in particular have to meet relatively high bureaucratic and regulatory requirements and can therefore particularly benefit from support to strengthen their competitiveness. Traditional artisanal slaughtering and processing is becoming less and less important. However, in favour of regional production and direct marketing, slaughter capacities in rural areas should be preserved at all costs.
Requirements
Within the framework of the guideline, artisanal enterprises involved in the slaughtering, cutting, processing and marketing of regional slaughter animals or meat products, regardless of their legal form, can be funded. Only enterprises that comply with all relevant regulations of food law as well as consumer and animal protection or meet these requirements through the supported measures are eligible for funding. Small or medium-sized enterprises with fewer than 25 employees (full-time) and an annual turnover of no more than € 3 million in the year preceding the application are eligible to apply. The majority of the slaughter animals, meat and meat products should come from the Waldeck-Frankenberg district and be purchased. If animals or animal products are procured from neighbouring districts close to the district's own border, a decision will be made on a case-by-case basis by the granting agency. The predominantly regional sourcing of the goods must be guaranteed in any case. The origin of the slaughter animals and animal products must be verifiable. The applicant's main place of business must be in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg.
Further information can be found in the policy.