UK Meat Industry Warns of Imminent Supply Threat From CO2 Crisis

UK Meat Industry Warns of Imminent Supply Threat From CO2 Crisis
Fresh meat is displayed for sale in a butchers meat counter in Great Yarmouth, Britain, on March 21, 2018. Hannah McKay/Reuters
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LONDON—Britain’s meat processors will start running out of carbon dioxide (CO2) within five days, forcing them to halt production and impacting supplies to retailers, the industry’s lobby group warned on Monday.

A jump in gas prices has forced several domestic energy suppliers out of business and has shut fertilizer plants that also make CO2 as a by-product of their production process.