CONSUMPTION OF MEAT
N.Z. COMPARED WITH BRITAIN LONDON, December 14. The average American eats twice as much meat and the average New Zealander two and a half times as much as the average Englishman. This is stated in a report issued by the Commonwealth Economic Committee, which gives a detailed account of changes in meat production, consumption, and trade.
Last year Britons ate on an average 771 b of meat a head, compared with 1191 b before the war. While they were thus contriving to do without the roast beef of Old England, the average American was developing his appetite. He ate 1551 b of meat in 1947, compared with 1281 b before the war. Canadians, too, ate more—lCslb a head instead of 1111 b.
Australians and New Zealanders ate less meat, but to the meat-starved Englishman their diet still seemed a heavy one. In Australia before the war. the meat consumption of 2391 b a head dropped to 1831 b last year, while the New Zealand figure dropped from 2261 b to 1941 b.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25679, 16 December 1948, Page 7
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