The industry warned that the lack of personnel could lead to a shortage of meat products.

Meat processors see 1 in 10 of their employees told to self-quarantine by NHS Covid app.

Some companies may be forced to "Close all production lines at once," warned Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA).slotxo

Because there are more than 250,000 Covid cases per week. More and more businesses are reporting outages due to absences.

The UK meat processing industry employs approximately 97,000 people in the UK. But there was a shortage before the epidemic.