NAK: Despite the bird flu epidemic, there will be no shortage of goose liver

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The statement noted that, according to a joint survey conducted with the Poultry Product Council, the sector’s players can serve both domestic and export markets. As they wrote, as a result of the bird flu epidemic that started in the fall of last year and lasted until May, the fattened goose population fell by 20 percent, while in the case of geese for meat production, the decline was only 4 percent. The majority of domestic goose meat and goose liver is sold to foreign markets, with annual per capita consumption in Hungary being one kilogram – they informed, adding that most roast goose is traditionally shipped to German-speaking countries by domestic processors. However, in recent years, the share of Polish goose meat in the European market has been gradually increasing, which creates an increasingly strong competitive situation, they noted. According to the information, the ban on stuffing in Israel gave a great boost to Hungarian foie gras exports, so the demand for Hungarian kosher foie gras has also increased, and Hungary currently supplies the world’s Jewish communities with fattened foie gras, the NAK reported.

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