The UK has also run out of butchers and they fear there will be no turkeys or hams at Christmas

The British government is considering granting 1,000 emergency visas for foreign butchers alleviate a labor shortage in the country which threatens to hamper the supply of turkeys, hams and other typical products during the Christmas periodreported this friday The temperature.

The newspaper specifies that, although part of the executive wants to meet the demands of the meat sector, the Minister of the Interior is opposed to the measure, Priti Patel, which, according to Times, fears this is a longer-term tactic to reintroduce the freedom of movement of workers which the UK broke when leaving the European Union (EU).

Speaking to the newspaper, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said that there is a deficit of 15,000 butchers to work mainly in the processors, which means working professionals can only focus on supplying supermarkets with basic cuts of meat and cannot focus on more laborious Christmas products.

A spokesperson for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs told the UK agency Pennsylvania What “The government recognizes the importance of temporary work and is aware of the problems the pig sector has faced due to the pandemic and the shortage of personnel”.

This spokesperson assured that the government “worked with the pork and processing sector“In recent months, to deal with this situation.

“We are monitoring the market and continue to work closely with the industry to explore alternatives to deal with the pressures facing the industry.“He added.

An Interior spokesperson said what is wanted is that “employers make long-term investments in the UK’s domestic workforce rather than relying on foreign workers”.

“The government is encouraging all sectors to make employment more attractive to British workers with training offers, career plans, salary increases and investments,” he added.

Speaking to BBC, the president of the National Pig Association, Rob mutimer, said the staff shortage has worsened “in the last three weeks“And many pigs that have not been slaughtered and processed have become too fat, so producers do not have enough space to keep them, so” mass slaughter of animals “is not to be expected. exclude.

(With information from EFE)

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