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.


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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 · 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 · 28 March 1942 English

2. 8. Speculation in Agricultural Land Defence Regulation 62(4)(### In England and Wales 458 applications, covering 545 tenanci### have been received for the Minister's consent to notices to quit give### …


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 · 28 January 1942 English

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT ###CRET (M) (42) 3 JANUARY, 1942 COPY NO. WAR CABINET FOOD POLICY COMMITTEE REPORT ON FOOD PRODUCTION. Memorandum by the …


The National Archives · 23 September 1942 English

-2- V. COMMODITY SUPPLY POSITION. ENERGY FOODS. Bulk stocks of wheat and flour continue to fall; the outlook for rice has again improved; sugar stocks have Wheat & Flour. Rice. …


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 …


The National Archives · 20 January 1942 English

Report No. 107. SECRET No. MINISTRY OF FOOD (M.o.F. No. ) WEEKLY REPORT ON FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS FOR THE WEEK ENDED 10TH JANUARY, 1942. ARRIVALS. Total arrivals in the …


The National Archives · 1 September 1942 English

ENERGY FOODS (Carbohydrates) Wheat and Flour Rice. Sugar Potatoes ENERGY FOODS (Fats) The large increase in the index of total stocks between end-July and end-October is seasonal, owing to the …


The National Archives · 17 February 1942 English

SECRET 1. REPORT NO. 111. Copy No. (M.o.F. No. ) WEEKLY REPORT ON FOOD AND ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS FOR THE WEEK ENDED 7TH FEBRUARY, 1942. MINISTRY OF FOOD ARRIVALS. Total arrivals …