Shortage of food on supermarket shelves due to Iran war ‘could be weeks away’

Items from beer to broccoli could be at risk if supplies of carbon dioxide run low (Picture: Getty/ Metro)

A food policy expert has warned the UK could be a few weeks away from certain foods becoming harder to find, getting more expensive – or even running out entirely.

Professor Tim Lang is the founder of the Centre for Food Policy at City St George’s University and author of a major report on UK food security published in February last year.

Speaking to Metro, he highlighted fresh fruit and frozen food as two of the supermarket basics that could be under threat from a carbon dioxide shortage resulting from the war in Iran.

His warning came after it was reported that the government has made contingency plans for shops running low on products such as meat and beer.