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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff

UK food and drink sector sounds alarm over CO₂ shortage as plant halts output

exterior of factory
The CF Fertilisers site in Billingham, Teesside. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty

Food and drink industry bodies have sounded the alarm over potential carbon dioxide shortages, after one of the UK’s largest suppliers of the gas said surging energy costs were forcing it to pause production.

The US firm CF Industries said soaring natural gas prices meant it would have to “temporarily halt” activity at its remaining UK ammonia plant, which creates CO2 as a byproduct.

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