Gas crisis: Pig farmers fear they may have to cull animals
A shortage of carbon dioxide used to stun pigs at abattoirs means a backlog of animals is growing. …
Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland, said: “We’re now as a business building up our stocks on key lines like frozen meat just to make sure we can deal with any unforeseen issues. But at the moment we’re fully stocked, our suppliers are OK, but we do need this sorted as quickly as possible.”