MINISTRY OF FOOD HOW TO GET YOUR NEW RATION BOOK You must fill in page 4 of your present ration book and take the book and your identity card to a DISTRIBUTION CENTRE. Places, days and times are being advertised in your local newspapers and posters. Help your relatives, friends or neighbours by taking their ration books and identity cards as well as your own, even if the local advertisements give some other day for the collection of their books. If your identity card does not have your right address or if you have lost it or it is torn or dirty, Office instead of a Distribution Centre.