According to a former environment secretary, there will be a three- to four-week supply gap for some fruits and vegetables.
Additionally, George Eustice insisted that "not much" could have been done by the government to stop supermarket shelves from being empty.
The government and business have attributed the squeeze to bad weather in North Africa and Spain.
The food system is "completely broken," however, as chef and restaurateur Thomasina Miers warned.
Due to shortages, large UK supermarkets have been limiting the sales of fruits and vegetables, and some stores have had empty shelves for customers.
Salad bags, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers are all in short supply.
As a result of UK farmers delaying crop planting due to high energy costs, producers have warned that shortages could last until May.
But in an interview with the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg program, Mr. Eustice stated that he anticipated the issues to last "three to four weeks.".
He attributed the issues to a "cocktail of weather events" and noted that energy prices, which increased as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, were always closely related to food prices.
He added that the government could not have done much differently in recent months and that there is nothing they can do right away to stop the issues affecting supply chains.
To ensure that the interruption in the supply of some vegetables is repaired, Mr. Eustice said supermarkets must "work to get it right.".
He did concede that "longer term" action was necessary.
"We should be committing to onshore production, so we should be trying to build that here," he said of glasshouse cucumber and tomato production.
But Ms. Miers, who is in charge of the Wahaca restaurant chain, called for a revision of the way the government views food. .
She called the UK's food system "completely broken," adding, "We are sitting on a time bomb.".
If we think cucumbers and tomatoes are bad, the next ten years are going to be much worse, she said. ".
Ms. Miers urged increased funding for "regenerative farming" and the use of technology to help farmers switch to more environmentally friendly food production techniques.
However, Mr. Eustice defended the government's track record by saying, "We now have nearly half of farmers in what we call Countryside Stewardship doing exactly the sort of regenerative agriculture that Thomasina talks about.
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