FLOUR EXTRACTION RATE Memorandum by the Minister of Health.

power to ensure that they are consumed by the poorer classes. The real danger feared seems to me to be that a large section of the nation, whether through po### ignorance or for other reasons, will not in fact make good the loss of nutrient qualities in bread by a greater consumption of these other supplies. If one wa### to ensure the whole nation obtaining, and continuing to obtain, certain types of nutrients, there is no way of doing so comparable with that of providing these n in bread. 4. I am rather concerned to note the argument in paragraph 5 of the Minister Food's paper that if steps are now taken to establish the 80% flour in popular f### there will be a better prospect of delaying or averting a move for the re-instat### of a 70-72% extraction rate.