The media has been all over this story, Pig producers crying about having to slaughter stock and either send to landfill or incineration because of not enough workers at Slaughter houses.
This is another Brexit based issue, or so we are lead to believe however there was a very small section on Newsnight last night (Friday 8th) which added some actual facts.
The report said that slaughter house capacity was up 11% on pre Brexit levels but one issue that has hit UK pork is the drop in exports to China, over the last few years pork export to China had massively increased due to an outbreak of swine flu in China which decimated the domestic herds so China was importing Pork.
China domestic pig herds are now recovering and the UK market now has more pigs than required by the market. China have used to Covid as and excuse to block pork imports (and to break contracts).
It would be helpful if MSM would tell the Whole Truth on Prime Time news rather than leaving very relevant information to a two minute slot at 11.15 pm on a Friday night.
The link gives a view on this
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