RATS THREATENING OUR FOOD SUPPLIES Government starts attack against this growing menace in every town and urban district Every fruiterer and greengrocer in Britain must be well aware of the growing danger to our food supplies from rats. "Every year rats and mice together are either destroying or fouling 2,000,000 tons of food," the Minister of Food said recently. Because of this serious loss to on these filthy, disease-carrying, food-destroying launched. Experts are in charge, with an army of trained helpers.