From the 8th to the 13th of May 2010 takes place at the Franfurt Messe in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the IFFA: The Leading International Trade Fair for Meat Processing, Packaging and Selling.

The countries present at the Frankfurt’s Leading International Trade Fair for Meat Processing, Packaging and Selling: IFFA, are:

Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Canada, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherland, Norway, Austria, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Suisse, Republic of Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, USA, United Kingdom.

The classes of products are:

Slaughtering techniques. Dismembering and processing techniques. Machines and equipments for the processing of natural and artificial casings.

Facilities, accessories and tools for slaughter and processing. Roasting, baking and frying equipments. Cooking and smoking equipments.

Refrigeration techniques. Automation and manipulation techniques. Packaging techniques. Transportation and storage systems.

Weighing Techniques. Food security and food quality management. Process control, process management techniques and process automation.

EDP and IT solutions. Cleaning equipment, hygiene in firms and security at work.

Energy sparing, maintenance of water, compressed air and gas facilities. Services.

Spices, additives for the making of meat and sausage products. Sales : everything evolving around meat and sausage.

35 enterprises represent France. I have met some of them:

CAProtéines/CAPdiana from Pleucadeuc, food ingredient specialist. Biovitec from Ville-sur-Jarnioux, food ferment, ingredient and additives specialist.

MecaPlastic from Pouzauges, packaging machine manufacturer. Viskase S.A.S. from Paris, Fibrous casings, Nojax cellulose casings, Visflex and Vismax plastic casings manufacturer.

Other enterprises from all over the world attend the fair, among them:

Gut Owstin from Owstin in Germany, a firm manufacturing ostrich meat and products.

Guillermo Romero Alvarez from Sevilla in Spain is a quality ham producer.

Landfleischerei Henry Koch from Calden in Germany is a quality ham and sausage producer… Dohr Natural Casings from Hamburg in Germany is a casing manufacturer.

Wild Nature GmbH & Co. KG from Rudolstadt in Germany manufactures exotic meat such as ostrich, bison, water buffalo, gnu, antelope meat, (…).

Landhof Standl from Haarbach in Germany and the products from the country: sausages, ham, (…).

Obere Metzgerei Franz Winterhalter from Elzach in Germany, a ham and sausage specialist.

MTJ – Formtechnologie GmbH with Josef Franz Märkl from Rachelsbach in Germany manufactures pans to shape ham, sausages, (…).

Aves Nobles Y Derivados, S.L. from Saragossa in Spain, a tapas, croquette, cherizo specialist, (…).

For ingredients, condiments, accompanying products were to be found among others:

Friedrich Gewürze GmbH from Constance in Germany, Dr Oetker Food-Service in Germany, AVO-WERKE from Belm in Germany, Indasia Gewürzwerk GmbH from Georgsmarienhütte in Germany.

La Chinita from Plasencia in Spain: a red chili specialist, F.I.A. Food Ingredients Anthes GmbH from Teising in Germany.

Delikatessen & Geschenke from Nümbrecht-Breunfeld in Germany, Schulze & Co. KG from Nuremberg in Germany.

World Pac International AG from Schaanwald in Liechtenstein, a producer of innovative casings.

At this Trade Fair for Meat Processing, Packaging and Selling, IFFA, were also bakery, cheese and milk firms to be seen, among them:

Schedel Der ökologische Backspezialist GmbH from Ebensfeld-Unterneuses in Germany.

Agrarmarkt Austria GesmbH from Vienna in Austria for milk and cheese products.

Frankfurt’s 2010 Leading International Trade Fair for Meat Processing, Packaging and Selling: IFFA is a success. Vivid illustration of Mankind’s everlasting interest in meat and everything evolving around meat.

Reporter Teddy Crispin (http://www.teddycrispin.pro-t-g.com/) would like to thank the individuals who were instrumental in providing him with useful information for the preparation of this article and review of Frankfurt’s 2010 Leading International Trade Fair for Meat Processing, Packaging and Selling: IFFA.

©2010 Teddy Crispin: A report from Teddy Crispin : fair reviewer, events reviewer, product reviewer, independent writer, (…).

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