No More Pork

If you’re looking for pork products in Irish shops today you’ll find most of the shelves are bare due to a health scare.

The Irish Times has a nice FAQ about the pork recall that explains all the nitty gritty details.

What it doesn’t tell you, however, is how many small shops are going to go out of business as a result of this.
It transpires that the meat producers will be reimbursing the shops for their stock, but it could take between 6 and 8 weeks for this to happen. With the current strain on credit this may be the last straw for some shopkeepers who are already at the limit of their overdrafts and credit lines.

I guess we’ll know more over the coming weeks, but talk about bad timing!