Britain’s Food Problem

Taihape Daily Times, 11 February 1918, Page 4

Britain’s Food Problem

BRITISH FOOD PROBLEM.

MEAT RATIONS.

LONDON, February 9. The Food Controller has decided that fifteen pence worth shall bo th& weekly ration of butcher’s meat. Ho also allows holders' of meat cards to purchase an amount of other meats,, including bacon, poultry, rabbits, preserved meat, equivalent to five ounces of uncooked butcher’s meat. He has prohibited the use of oatmeal, flour and rolled oats, for any purpose except human food. The Food Minister’s meat rationing scheme for London and Homo Counties was issued to-day. It provides for tho use of meat cards bearing four coupons, each of which enables the purchase, during a week, of od, worth of uncooked meat; alternatively, uncooked poultry, game and horseflesh, ranging from sozs to 121 ozs., according to Hescription; alternatively, three ounces of boneless or four ounces of bony uncooked ham or bacon; alternatively, 6 ozs. to Sozs. of uncOYkecf sausages, according to meat contents; alternatively any of the foregoing in a cooked or canned state, or as sand-

wiches, or as meat pies, between 2tozs and 4ozs. Public eating housekeepers will collect the coupons in respect to

meals served