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Was "a metoo moment for tea". some british supermarkets, including asda and morrison's, have started limiting the amount of fruit and vegetables that people can buy. the shortage of produce such as cucumbers, broccoli or tomatoes, is being blamed on bad weather and poor harvests in europe and north africa. the bbc�*s rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. asda and morrisons say they've had problems getting hold of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other salad and vegetable crops, and are putting some limits on what you can buy. the reason? extreme weather across the key producer...

What a dramatic story that is. inside the papers, i'd really like to hearfrom you inside the papers, i'd really like to hear from you this inside the papers, i'd really like to hearfrom you this morning if you have been affected by this shortage of fruit and vegetables at some of the supermarkets. some of them said to be rationing fruit and veg in some places. asda and morrisons rationing certain fruit and veg because of a shortage of supply. rationing is a really strong word, isn't it? whether it is rationing yet, i don't know. we are told, don't panic buy, it will be over in a couple of week...

Over there are prepared to pay the prices that you need to have products on the shelf. we've become used to buying whatever we want, when we want it, but is that no longer guaranteed? the government insists the uk's food supply chain is resilient, but it could be a few weeks before supplies get back to normal. and it is worth stressing that there are limits in place at every supermarket, and some supplies are getting through. the message is not to panic buy, it doesn't help. energy is another factor here because we have had lower supplies from the netherlands and british growers who haven't be...

It's far from the end. chris thank yom -- chris— it's far from the end. chris thank you. -- chris mason, _ it's far from the end. chris thank you. -- chris mason, thank- it's far from the end. chris thank you. -- chris mason, thank you. j some of the uk's best—known supermarkets have begun limiting the sale of some fruit and vegetables because of shortages. morrisons says shoppers will be restricted to two items of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuces and peppers from tomorrow. asda says people can buy three items of the same foods, as well as broccoli, cauliflower and bags of salad. a combinatio...

And their producing limits on what you can buy. the reason? extreme weather across the key producer region of southern spain and north africa. this is morocco. snowstorms have led the government to hand out emergency aid to thousands of families. retailers are saying the limits will be temporary, which means there is no reason to panic buy. where we are anticipating maybe two or three weeks of disruption, more produce is grown here during the summer months but according to the british retail consortium we import around 95% of tomatoes and 95% of lettuces between december and march. we expect t...