German Consumer Protection, Food and Agr [Getty Images]

German Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer (L) downs a beer with an employee dressed as a monk as he visited the German Agriculture Ministry's stand of the "Gruene Woche" international food and agriculture fair in Berlin 17 January 2008. More than 1,400 exhibitors from all over the world present their products during the fair running until 27 January 2008. AFP PHOTO JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

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