Series: Meetings 1(42) - 2(42) Papers 1(42) - 24(42)

User icon Taylor Kenkel
26 August 2022
2 items

A file of meetings and memoranda concerning the food situation in the United Kingdom in 1942. The documents cover the activities of the Food Policy Committee, and include monthly reports on supplies of certain foods and animal feedstuffs. These cover wheat, flour, sugar, oil seeds and vegetable oils, meat, bacon, cheese, and milk. Further subjects cover food production; the slaughtering of livestock; food imports and shipping; rationing; and the destruction of food stocks through shipping losses and air raids. The file also includes a report on the egg control and marketing scheme in Northern Ireland; and discussions on the distribution and storage of food.


The National Archives · 23 February 1942 English

SECRET QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SLAUGHTERING OF LIVESTOCK SIXTEENTH REPORT With reference to the Food Policy Committee's request (C.F.P. (M) (41) 17th Meeting) and (F.P. (M) (42) 1st Meeting) Table …


The National Archives · 27 February 1942 English

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT SECRET F.P. (M) (42) 8 COPY NO. 27TH FEBRUARY, 1942 WAR CABINET FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE REPORT ON FOOD PRODUCTION February, …