Restrictions on food processing in Victoria won't lead to shortages during lockdown, says Premier Daniel Andrews

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is adamant his severe restrictions on staffing levels at food processing and distribution centres will not lead to national food shortages.Chicken processing will be down to 80 per cent due to its different life cycleIn recent days, the food and grocery industry has been warning of serious supply shortages in Victoria, with flow-on effects for Australia, if food distribution centres and abattoirs are forced to cut staffing levels by one-third this weekend.

Chicken processing will be down to 80 per cent staff, due to the nature of the different life cycle of poultry. Premier Daniel Andrews urged Victorians not to panic-buy supermarket meat products amid a reduction in output from abattoirs. "That'll just mean that other people, potentially, don't get the things they need. That's why the supermarkets have put a number of buying limits in place."A lot of work has gone into driving down staff levels but, at the same time, protecting the amount of product that will be on supermarket shelves. That's our aim.

"Coupled with that, you've got people panicking and regardless of what anyone says, they're not going to buy their weekly shop, they might buy a week-and-a-half or two-weeks if they can afford it, because it's there and they're frightened.Governments are facing tough questions on how this has gone so terribly wrong. Here are some clues

As long as you don't eat meat, dairy or protein.

Idiots going from store to store panic buying will cause the shortage.

Become vegan!👍👍👍

Why would we believe him? Plainly reduce the work force and you wont have the output. Restrict manufacturing in Vic, and freight will go up as no backloads out of Vic. why would a truck driver drive to Vic for 50% reduction in pay? The blokes full of shit.

Let's just shut down the Industrial Meat Indusrty. auspol

Yeah right, cause he's done so well so far.🙄

So cannibalism is starting to look good. If you eat a vegan or vegetarian do you need to add any vegies with it?

Oh, that's what Dan says is it? So can we assume then that he is once again talking bullshit?

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