Slaughterhouses affected by acute workers’ crisis in the UK

In Britain, pigs are killed on farms due to a lack of slaughterhouse staff. Livestock farmers warn that up to 120,000 animals may have to be slaughtered or shot to free up space and ensure animal welfare. This is another scourge that has hit the UK due to staff shortages caused by Brexit and the pandemic.

Pig farmers have been warning for several weeks that a shortage of labor in slaughterhouses has led to thousands of pigs being trapped, even though they have long had to be slaughtered for meat and passed on to consumers. In order to get rid of the animals that cause financial losses to farmers, they are now being massively destroyed.

As pigs will now die on the farm and not in slaughterhouses as they should be, they will not be approved for human consumption. The killed animals are likely to be taken to processing plants and further used for animal feed.

The meat industry is one of several sectors in the UK that are struggling with labor shortages. This is largely due to the impact of the Brexit and Covid-19 pandemics.

The British food and drink industry, as well as trade associations, have previously called on the government to introduce facilitations to simplify the process for foreigners to obtain work visas.

There is an urgent need for truck drivers, butchers, cooks and other food workers. So far, however, the government has not taken any concrete decisions.

The Conservative Party’s annual event took place on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlining an optimistic future: “We have unemployment, but two million lower than expected. Demand is growing rapidly. And I am happy to say that after years of stagnation, more than a decade, wages are rising faster than before the pandemic. And it’s very important as we embark on a change of direction that has long been needed in the UK economy. “

Born fuel, Johnson did not mention food shortages in his speech and instead argued that Britain was facing radical economic change driven by highly skilled and well – paid workers.

CONTEXT:

In the UK in late September there were problems with fuel supply and are missing in about a third of service stations. The Minister of Transport says that this crisis has been artificially inflated and calls on the population not to panic. The crisis is to blame for the lack of truck drivers to deliver fuel from refineries to filling stations, and the problem is at least partly linked to Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union and stricter immigration rules.

The British Road Transport Association estimates that the country needs another 100,000 drivers to meet the demand for drivers. Already reportedly that Britain plans to ease visa rules due to a shortage of truck drivers.

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