Carbon dioxide halt piles pressure on UK food, drinks sector

Britain's food and drinks industry on Thursday said the government needed contingency plans to ensure supplies of carbon dioxide after a major producer halted its operations, potentially adding to supply chain problems.

by | 25 Aug, 2022

Citing high energy costs, CF Fertilisers UK on Wednesday decided to temporarily halt ammonia production at its Billingham plant in northeast England, which produces CO2 as a byproduct for use in putting the fizz into beer and stunning poultry and pigs before slaughter.

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