FOOD RATIONS

Evening Star, Issue 23691, 26 September 1940, Page 12

FOOD RATIONS

SUPPLIES WILL SEE BRITAIN THROUGH DIET CHANGES TO MEET CONDITIONS (British Official Wireless.) (RUGBY, September 25. (Received September 26, at noon.) The Minister for Food, Lord Woolton, explaining changes in the food rations in a broadcast speech, warned listeners: “ During the second year of war you must not expect to have all the things to choose from that you have had in tho first year. I am sure, when you realise that quite suddenly we have lost all the supply of butter, eggs, bacon, and condensed milk that used to come from other sources of supply— Holland and Denmark—you will agree that during this last year we have had everything we could expect.” Talking of the second year of war, Lord Woolton said: “You will have enough to eat, but I shall have to ask you to be prepared for temporary changes from time to time. If you cannot have ono thing, we will give you another. We must be flexible. For example, we are now having to bring butter ■ from the Southern Hemisphere instead of Denmark. The supplies begin to arrive about November, and our stocks in this country are running down a bit; so I ask you to use a littlo more margarine until the new stocks of butter arrive.

“ Onr meat stocks, on the other hand, are really very good, and while continuing to he prudent, we can release a bit more so that for a time you will be able to have 2s 2d worth on each coupon.”

Lord Woolton concluded: “There need bo no doubts, and no questionings that tho food services of this country will see us through, and I know that the women of this country will not be failing in care and consideration to help them to do it.”