The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed E. coli patients may need kidney transplants Karl Lauterbach, health spokesman for the opposition Social Democrats, has warned that some of those who have fallen ill in the E. coli epidemic could face severe health problems. https://www.thelocal.de/20110612/35615 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:48:00 +0200 35615 Animal protection means higher food prices, minister says While the recent dioxin scandal in Germany has many calling for new agriculture and livestock practices, German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner has said better animal protection will result in higher food prices. https://www.thelocal.de/20110214/33087 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:49:00 +0100 33087 Pork farmers could get EU help on dioxin scare EU Agriculture Commissioner Bacian Ciolos said Saturday that Brussels was ready to step in to aid pork farmers hit by a slump in prices sparked by a German contamination scare. https://www.thelocal.de/20110123/32605 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:27:00 +0100 32605 Thousands protest industrial agriculture during Green Week With about 80 tractors leading the way through central Berlin, thousands of people gathered Saturday to protest factory farming and GM technology, a day after the Green Week food and farming trade fair opened in the German capital. https://www.thelocal.de/20110122/32599 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:41:00 +0100 32599 Another 1,000 farms closed for dioxin Nearly another 1,000 German farms have been closed as the scope of the dioxin animal feed scandal continues to widen, the government confirmed on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110115/32451 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:03:00 +0100 32451 Aigner to crack down on animal feed production Under fire for her response to Germany’s widening dioxin food safety scandal, Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner on Friday said she will implement tougher animal feed regulations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110114/32423 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:49:00 +0100 32423 Aigner speaks out against biological patents German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner has intervened with the European Patent Office (EPA), suggesting limits to protection for produce and livestock as the organisation begins reviewing a broccoli case that could have broad implications. https://www.thelocal.de/20100720/28611 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:16:00 +0200 28611 Minister calls for internet code of conduct Germany's consumer minister, who vowed to delete her Facebook account in protest at the networking site's privacy policies, called Monday for an Internet "honour code" to protect personal data. https://www.thelocal.de/20100712/28449 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:11:00 +0200 28449 Minister threatens Facebook over privacy Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner has attacked Facebook’s plan to pass users’ personal details to third parties and even threatened to shut down her own account with the social networking site. https://www.thelocal.de/20100405/26333 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:40:00 +0200 26333 Berlin's Green Week begins amid GM controversy German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit on Friday opened the the 75th International Green Week food and farming trade fair amid protests against genetically modified crops. https://www.thelocal.de/20100115/24607 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:14:00 +0100 24607 Consumers get 'No Genetic Engineering' label for food German consumers now have an easier way to determine if their food has been genetically modified after Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, introduced a new “No Genetic Engineering” logo on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090810/21155 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:31:00 +0200 21155