'We're hopeful that we can get something sorted today and get the production up and running in the next few days,' British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said.
The United Kingdom is facing possible shortages in meat, poultry and packaged foods as a rise in energy costs may lead some companies to stop production, the Associated Press reported.
"We're hopeful that we can get something sorted today and get the production up and running in the next few days," Kwarteng told theIan Wright, chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation, said that unless a deal is worked out soon with food-grade carbon dioxide providers, U.K. residents could start seeing food shortages"in about 10 days. Meanwhile, the production of poultry and pork is projected to decline by the end of the week.The U.K.
The government is also under pressure to protect consumers from spiraling energy costs at a time when the fallout from the pandemic is already putting British household budgets under strain.
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