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

User icon Taylor Kenkel
26 August 2022
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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 · 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, …


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 · 24 February 1942 English

(THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET COPY NO. F.P. (M) (42) 7. 24th February, 1942. WAR CABINET. FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE. Note by the Secretary. On …


The National Archives · 27 October 1942 English

III. SINKINGS AND AIR RAID DAMAGE. Losses of food and feedingstuffs at sea in September, 1942, as reported up to 13th October, amounted to 32 thousand tons (4.2% of arrivals …


The National Archives · 25 March 1942 English

ENERGY FOODS (carbo- hydrates) wheat will slo up the fall; V. COMMODITY SUPPLY POSITION Stocks of wheat and flour are declining but heavy deliveries from the home crop, the raising …


The National Archives · 22 June 1942 English

Wheat & (iv) The main changes in consumption are in the direction of a rathe better balanced national diet. Liquid milk sales in May were ab the previous peak in …


The National Archives · 22 July 1942 English

AIR RAID DAMAGE. ENERGY FOODS (carbo- hydrates) ENERGY FOODS (Fats) Potatoes Estimated losses of food in June owing to air attack amounted to only about 840 tons. A large starch …


The National Archives · 27 May 1942 English

ENERGY FOODS May-July are (carbo- hydrates) Wheat & flour: Oatmeal: Rice: Sugar: Potatoes: ENERGY The short FOODS (fats) Oilseeds and The outlook for wheat and flour stocks has improved; vegetable …


The National Archives · 6 January 1942 English

nded 27th December. Report No. 105 SECRET MINISTRY OF FOOD Copy No. M.o.F. No. WEEKLY REPORT ON FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS FOR THE WEEK ENDED 27TH DECEMBER, 1941. 1. ARRIVALS …


The National Archives · 29 December 1942 English

Sinkings Air Raid Damage ENERGY FOODS (Carbohydrates) Wheat & Flour. Oats. Rice. Sugar. Potatoes ENERGY FOODS. (Fats.) ###etable Oils III. SINKINGS AND AIR RAID DAMAGE. Losses of food and feedingstuffs …