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<p>The Government recognises the importance of the industrial gases sector, including
the CO2-providing subsector. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
has continued to monitor the shortage and Ministers and officials have been in regular
contact with producers and suppliers throughout the process. We have been assured
by producers of CO2 that production and supply levels are now returning to normal.</p><p>
</p><p>Officials in the Department talked regularly to counterparts in departments
whose sectors were affected by the recent carbon dioxide shortage, and cross-Whitehall
discussions on the shortage were open to any affected department or agency and the
Devolved Administrations. DEFRA officials were also in contact with the Devolved Administrations
to update them on developments. In particular, DEFRA regularly convened the Food Chain
Emergency Liaison Group (FCELG), which all the Devolved Administrations are members
of, to gather intelligence about the impacts of the carbon dioxide shortage across
the UK food supply chain.</p>
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