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Worker shortages caused by a perfect storm of issues including brexit changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. the government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that...

Growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20% and 25%, which is huge. so, there will absolutely be a shortage of ...

Other areas of food production are also having problems. a shortage of meat processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. the government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at the end of september so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. now, those people arent living in areas where the manufacturing plants are, they dont have the right skills, and i suspect a lot of them wouldnt want to go and work in food manufacturing plants. food industry t...

Worker shortages caused by a perfect storm of issues including brexit changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. the government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that...

Storm of issues including brexit changes and the pandemic, could threaten availability at christmas. the government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had...

The government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent katy austin reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we dont have that guaranteed labour that weve had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20% and 25%, which is huge. so, there will abs...

So, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys. other areas of food production are also having problems. a shortage of meat processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. the government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at the end of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. now, those people arent living in areas where the manufacturing plants are, they dont have the right skills, and i suspect a lot of them woul...

Other areas of food production are also having problems. a shortage of meat processors has caused a backlog of pigs on farms. the government is basically saying that furlough is coming to an end at the end of september, so you can have all of those people and that will resolve your issues. now, those people arent living in areas where the manufacturing plants are, they dont have the right skills, and i suspect a lot of them wouldnt want to go and work in food manufacturing plants. food industry ...

HOTDOGS are having an identity crisis. It’s all because of a three-word phrase: “Born-and-bred.” No, it’s not the title track in John Mayer’s fifth studio album. But it is something that Philippine state officials and industry players have not come to terms with. Yet. It started in 2020 when the…

AT least 2.5 million kilograms of imported meat products are currently being held in cold storage facilities pending resolution of the labeling issue, which could further stretch the country’s food supply system, according to industry players. Meat Importers and Traders Association President Jesus C. Cham said at least 100 containers…