DRIVE TO SAVE FAT STARTS

Chronicle (Levin), 22 May 1946, Page 7

DRIVE TO SAVE FAT STARTS

WELLINGTON, Alay 21. Y' - The' ilational drive to Silve fat for use in the manufacture of soilp and t-liereby mako incroased quaiititics of tallow a\'aiiaible. fo'r/ th^ United' ! Kiugdom, was -auuounced this eveniiig liy -the cliairman 6f 'thc Famine Emer- ( geney Committee. Al'r.'TFN. Hiua'llvV'oQd,..' IIc said by making' i'atf available 'to. , Soap manufacturers; frolii' tho ■ dome'stk, . field, a eorrespbndihgly /roduced quan-. tity of tallow would be' drawn by Ihe manufacturers from 'ITceHhg " wd'rks. Bulk quaiititics. of tallow 'for exp'ort to: Britain' wopld thereby bb iucreased. ; Alr. Emallwood said ihe t-ypes of fat acceptable would be rendered bc'ef fat;, rendered mutton fat, rendered pig fat, . mixcd household dripping, but .not very biirnt dripping. Raw fafs, uncooked or used, colleeted by farmers and housewives, must be rendered • and on no account mixcd with the other fats. All fat collcctious should bo kept as freo as possible of foreigu mattcr. Local coinmittees had been asked to arrange for a depot with an organisation to receive the collections of fat. Lt liad been suggested that regular fat reeoiving days be lixed for the depot eaeli wcek, fortnight or moiith. The local committees would therefore advise Ihe' farmers and hoiiscwives in their terri-' tory of the local arrangements thougli the local comiuittecs would endeavour to coliect comparatively large quanti ties Whicli could not eonvchieutly be brought to tlie depot. ' lt was hoxj.cd wherevcr possible the fat would be takou on eollection days to the local depot. Tlie type of contaiucr was left to the ingenuity of Ihe. individual concerned; but 'it had' to - b!e romembered that the fat had to bo repacked into drums and lcerosene tins for despatch to soap works. Alr. Smallwood said a practiea! national sclieme for the colleetion anU despatch of odiblc fats over^eas, was examined and found to be fraughi with almost insuperable difficulties. Cousequently it was decidcd the. best cfl'ort would be along the lines of making as much bulk talloAV as possible available to freeziug works for shipment to Britain. The more fat we could send to the soap manufacturers tho more tallow there would be in ;bulk for Britain Soap manufacturers would pav the com mercial price for Jlousehpld-" J:'ati5 and the. proceeds would be used to meet cain paigu expenses. Alr. Smallwood said he had frcquently been asked if he or his coinmittee was satislied .with the response to the Food for Britain Campaign. "The need is so great/' he added, "tliat no body could ever be satished till tho danger of starvation and tjireat of famine is removed flom the world."