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Food control organisation: The machinery of meat supply
Unknown, 1918, Press cutting, Reproduction
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Food control organisation: The machinery of meat supply
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Title
Food control organisation: The machinery of meat supply
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From the Illustrated London News published 1918 May 25th, page 606. Drawn by W.B. Robinson. Additional title: How the distribution of meat is governed by the food controller: Diagrams illustrating the system of food-control areas and districts.
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Unknown
Date
1918
Size
39.6 x 26.7cm
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Press cutting
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Reproduction
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Reference Library
The sale and production of meat saw severe regulation and rationing during the First World War. The Ministry of Food imposed rations on butchers and set maximum price levels in effort to control the meat supply. Through the food controller, licences were required to be applied for and granted to all dealers, which included importers and sellers in an effort to reduce the number of suppliers and regulate price.
Additionally, the imposed rations were punishable by fine should they be exceeded. A woman in Carmarthen was fined £50 for buying quantities of fresh meat beyond the established mandatory allotment per household and the butcher was fined £20 for aiding and abetting.
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