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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tom Place

London faces food shortages as Iran war hits CO2 supplies

London could be hit by supermarket shortages this summer if the conflict in the Middle East continues, a secret government analysis has found.

Contingency plans have been drawn up for a “reasonable worst-case scenario” in which disruption in the Strait of Hormuz leads to shortages of carbon dioxide, a resource vital to food production.

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