Meat shortages on items like lamb chops could hit UK due to lack of staff
SHOPPERS could see a shortage of meat items like lamb chops and steaks because so many staff are being told to self-isolate due to Covid.
Trade body the British Meat Processors Association has warned that businesses are currently seeing a shortfall of up to one in 10 workers.Around 10% of the meat processing industry's 97,000-strong workforce have been told to self isolate by the NHS Covid app.Now products that need high-level butchery skills - like lamb chops and steaks - could be in short supply because of it.
A drop of 15% would create a critical staffing level that could threaten the food supply chain and trigger an intervention by the government to keep things moving. Chief executive Nick Allen said: “If the UK workforce situation deteriorates further, companies will be forced to start shutting down production lines all together.”
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