executive of the british meat processors association, hello, neck. great to have you both on. liz, how difficult is the situation at the moment but foreign workers because of brexit and covid, having left, how is it affected your sector? it has been really difficult for the farming sector, and as we know, other sectors as well. i have family in the food industry, they serve food at festivals and that sort of thing, they are suffering because seasonal work, the eu visa, the eu and freedom of movement was ideal for because people could pop over and put back home again. in fact, i did it when i was young, i went maize picking in france when i finished my a levels, so it is a
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