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BREAD POLICY. Memo. by Minister of Food.

2 Feb 1942

###Y ###NG ###ON MILK ###ION. ###cry of Food, February, 1942. so drastic a cut, the replacement of the bacon and eggs would present great difficulty. Refrigerated tonnage imposes a limit on the amount of bacon we can ship and additional egg supplies from overseas would be largely unobtainable. Thus, in practice, either a large proportion of the loss of feedingstuffs would probably fall on milk with disastrous effects on the milk supply, or in order to prevent a decline in milk production it would be necessary to import maize.
agriculture cereals food supply wheat pork animal feed bread eggs livestock meat milk transportation rationing supply pigs price control flour licensing dairy bacon nationwide lord president's committee ministry of food
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/8/30
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 71/8
Former Department Reference
LP(42) 28
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000008.030
Keywords
Animal Feed Bacon Bread Cereals Dairy Eggs Flour Livestock Meat Milk Pigs Pork Rationing Transportation Wheat
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Lord President's Committee Ministry of Food
Pages
2
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers Nos. 1(42) - 105(42)
Themes
Rationing Supply Agriculture Food Supply Licensing Price Control

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