on July 2, 2018
Carbon dioxide shortage hits UK poultry, meat firms
Industry organizations say they are working with government and retailers to overcome the current challenges, and prioritize CO2 supplies
Reduced supplies of carbon dioxide (CO2) across Europe are hitting British meat companies, with potentially serious knock-on effects for the country’s poultry and livestock farmers.
More than half of the British poultry meat sector uses CO2 to stun the birds prior to slaughter, and all firms use the gas in…