Meat Story

I noticed this story in Deutsche Welle this morning.....a cheap-meat 'scandal'.

So the story goes this way....Greenpeace went out and did some type of survey and found that 88-percent of all meat in the German markets and grocery operations is classified as 'cheap-meat' (fairly low quality).

True or not?  The claim goes down this line.....these hogs, chickens, and cattle are apparently (suggested) kept in non-acceptable sanitary conditions on farms.  Added to the story....the conditions are considered illegal (by German and EU standards).

All of this is pointed toward a political effort to mandate transparent farm operations, and higher quality....but if you go down this route....it also means that meat prices are probably going to double over the next two to three years. 

But here's the thing....you aren't exactly getting this low-quality complaint from the general public.  It's from an agenda group.  Truthful or not?  No one is really saying much either way.  Small-time German farmers likely run a decent operation and aren't guilty of unsanitary practices.  Non-German meat being imported in?  This might be part of the issue but there's not a lot of statistical data to make that as a fact.