One Yorkshire farmer culled hundreds of piglets because of a processing backlog at local slaughterhouses.
Shortages are the only thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now.
One port operator has had to demolish building work for new checks, while other crucial customs sites do not even have planning permission yet.
70,000 pigs could be destroyed instead of being sold for meat as staff shortages hit crisis point
04/09/2021
‘There’s nowhere for the pigs to go and it could trigger the worst case scenario, where they are put down on the farm and taken away.’
Thousands of healthy pigs may be culled if the government does not step in and tackle labour shortages at Britain’s slaughterhouses and processing plants, meat producers have warned. / It could result in perfectly good meat going to waste, says National Pig Association.
The acute labor shortage because of self isolation is masking the systemic challenge for businesses struggling to recruit after Brexit.
Food suppliers resort to hiring prisoners on day release as HGV driver shortage could disrupt Christmas
22/08/2021
Some food supply companies are turning to prisoners on day release to fill the gaps in their workforce.
A food manufacturer dubbed ‘the chicken king’ has warned Covid-19 and Brexit could result in the worst food shortages since the war.
Shortage caused by Brexit and the pandemic, Road Haulage Association says.
Industry bosses call for measures to bring back Eastern European drivers after Covid and Brexit worsen a long-running shortage.
Loss of 100,000 hauliers due to Covid and Brexit will cause food ‘rolling power cuts’, experts warn
'We're weeks away from gaps on the shelves': Business leaders issue stark warning to PM over food shortages
23/06/2021
Food producers and road hauliers have warned the government that the supply of food and drink to supermarkets is “failing” due to a chronic shortage of HGV drivers.
The food industry is predicting a nightmare for British customers, with price rises and empty shelves caused by Brexit.
More food items are likely to disappear from supermarket shelves as companies struggle to fill roles after lockdown.
The British Meat Processors Association and the British Poultry Council are demanding urgent action from ministers to protect food supplies as the festive favourite is put at risk
The UK faces shortages of British-produced meat as problems with recruitment continue, the industry has warned.
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), which represents businesses in the UK meat sector, has reported on its members' experiences under post-Brexit trading rules.
UK meat exporters could permanently lose half their trade due to Brexit, according to the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).
New Brexit checks introduced in January are continuing to restrict trade between the UK and EU, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics.
An article written by Peter Hardwick from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) explains that the declining level of red meat exports between the UK and EU illustrates the new-found trade friction between the blocs.
BREXIT is set to cost the UK between £2 and £4 billion in lost food exports across its first full year out of the European Union.
Post-Brexit trade: Is red tape chaos just 'teething trouble' as the UK government argues?
29/01/2021
January has seen Brexit set in motion for real — but for many businesses, operations have ground to a standstill as they struggle to shift goods across new borders.
Industry chiefs urge government to forge standards deal with EU to ease ‘enormous’ trade friction.
Brexit will lead to permanent loss of trade in meat, says BMPA’s new Brexit Impact Report
29/03/2021
The British Meat Processors Association has published a Brexit Impact Report which draws on the experiences of meat exporters to date and says problems with new rules at the border are not going away and predicts a permanent reduction in trade.
Britain’s meat industry could permanently lost up to half of its exports because of “mountains” of Brexit red tape, a leading trade body has warned.