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Breweries face production challenges amid CO2 shortage

Posted On: Jan. 11, 2023 9:23 AM CST

Breweries in New Zealand are getting a rationed supply of carbon dioxide (CO2) due of shortages after the country's only food-grade CO2 production facility temporarily closed over a safety issue, Reuters reported. Supplies of CO2 were already tight after the country's other plant closed following the decommissioning of New Zealand's only refinery in April 2022.