UK supply issues: farmer forced to slaughter hundreds of piglets due to butcher shortage

UK farmer forced to slaughter hundreds of piglets due to understaffing at local slaughterhouse, leaving a lot of animals crowded together on your farm.

The breeder of Yorkshire, whose name has not been released, took the drastic measure because the slaughterhouses did not kill them fast enough.

The National Pig Association has warned the UK is heading towards an “acute welfare disaster” very quickly, with the country facing a “mass slaughter of animals”, according to British media Daily mail.

Your president, Rob mutimer, claimed that the country is a few weeks of having to slaughter pigs when they run out of space.

For its part, National Farmers Union warns 150,000 animals are at risk of slaughter in next ten days.

The shortage of butchery forces breeders to “Throw the pigs in the container” for they cannot be sacrificed or carved.

The meat crisis adds to the problems caused by the lack of truck drivers and fuel, as well as labor shortages, which will cause an “obvious lack of options” this Christmas.

Faced with this situation, the UK 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”.

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