A spokesman for Cranswick said: “We are continuing to work co-operatively with Public Health England, the Health and Safety Executive, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Norfolk County Council, but envisage there will be disruption to the full operation of the plant in the short term.”
"Even on London Transport, where it is supposed to be a condition of carriage, just like paying a fare, the policy is coming apart at the seams and as more people see others failing to comply, the situation will escalate quickly over the autumn," he said.
Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the British Retail Consortium, also welcomed the deal but said it was "vital" that production "is restarted as soon as possible, and [CO2 is] distributed quickly to food manufacturers in need of it".
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