Traditional Christmas Dinner Alarm Bells
Please note a Critical Shortage of “Carbon Dioxide” Might Doom the Traditional Christmas Dinner
The owner of the UK’s biggest poultry supplier has added his voice to UK food producers’ concerns over a shortage of carbon dioxide gas, saying the supply of turkeys for Christmas will be affected.
Ranjit Singh Boparan, the owner of Bernard Matthews and 2 Sisters Food Group, said the closure of two large fertiliser plants in Teesside and Cheshire – which produce CO2 as a byproduct – due to a sharp rise in gas prices has hit supply to the food industry, already affected by a shortage of workers.
CO2 is essential to the humane slaughter of livestock, extends the shelf life of products and is vital to cooling systems for refrigeration purposes, industry leaders have said.
Boparan said: “There are less than 100 days left until Christmas and Bernard Matthews and my other poultry businesses are working harder than ever before to try and recruit people to maintain food supplies.”
He said that “the gaps on the shelves” that he had warned about in July were “getting bigger by the day”.
Boparan continued: “The supply of Bernard Matthews turkeys this Christmas was already compromised as I need to find 1,000 extra workers to process supplies. Now, with no CO2 supply, Christmas will be cancelled.
CO2 Gap
Mercy me we’ve got a CO2 gap to fill.
Quick, we need an opinion from AOC as to whether this is good news or bad. I cannot tell.
Where is AOC when you need her for critical color commentary?
Wait, I located her.
AOC at Met Gala 2021
A spokesperson said AOC was too busy basking in the glow of a $35,000 Met Gala Plate Event with her boyfriend to comment on whether a shortage of CO2 was a good or a bad thing.
For more coverage of Met Gala please see AOC’s Tax the Rich Hypocrisy Stinks to High Heavens.
Mish
