Spain – Increase in meat consumption during the first three months of 2009

According to figures from the Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs, the consumption of meat and meat products increased by 0.6% in the first three months of 2009 compared to the same period of 2008, arriving at a total of 603,030 tonnes. The consumption of fresh meat decreased but the demand for transformed meat products rose by 8.7% reaching 138,026 tonnes, which is 23% of the total sold. (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).