Beef and pork producers are exporting their meat to Europe and importing them back again once cut.
- comes after post-Brexit staff shortages, and a lack of capacity at abattoirs, have led to the culling of more than 10,000 healthy pigs so far.
"The government also needs to add key level courses to the support they have already given. As far as we can see there are no food related courses, or they are not the ones we need." Nick Allen, chief executive of the BMPA said: "We have been saying we are between 10,000 and 12,000 short of these types of workers, 800 doesn't go very far, it has been made very clear it is only for six months and they go again."The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs refused to comment on the number of applications they had received so far.
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