“It is not ‘mainly fuel’ that’s the problem, PM said in his Good Morning Britain interview. It is everything. Input costs like water, labor, energy, and feed are all up,” said a BPC spokesperson on Twitter.
Brexit pressures are largely to blame for the soaring price of chicken, the British Poultry Council (BPC) has said, rejecting Boris Johnson’s claim it is down to global energy prices.
The prime minister said soaring supermarket prices were mainly due to international fuel supply problems on Tuesday, adding: “The cost of chickens is crazy.”
But the BPC fired back at Mr. Johnson on Wednesday by blaming post-Brexit trade barriers and skill shortages for the spike in production costs.
“It is not ‘mainly fuel’ that’s the problem, PM said in his Good Morning Britain interview. It is everything. Input costs like water, labor, energy, and feed are all up,” said a BPC spokesperson on Twitter.
Citing “ongoing Brexit pressures,” the industry body added:
“Combined with trade barriers, shipping delays for machinery, and a skills shortage (vets and lorry drivers), this adds a cost that must be recovered through the marketplace.”
Britain’s largest chicken supplier, 2 Sisters, has predicted that food price rises of 15 percent will be needed to “even begin to cover the increasing cost of production.”
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