British Food Supply Is Just Sufficient

Northern Advocate, 26 April 1944, Page 4

British Food Supply Is Just Sufficient

(8.0. W.) RUGBY. April 25 Food supplies reaching the average British citizen are less than those available lor the average United States or Canadian citizen, reported the Combined Food Board to-day, and they are just sufficient to maintain health and working efficiency.

The period of the greatest food shortage was reached in the first half of 1941, when supplies moving into civilian consumption were at dangerously low level, and general health and working efficiency showed definite signs of impairment. An improvement resulted in the second half of 1941* when Lend-Lease supplies began reaching British consumers. Average supplies of most foods which consumers prefer, notably meats, poultry, eggs, butter, sugar and fruit, are now considerably lower in Britain than the United States and Canada. To offset the difference, there has been an increase in British consumption of grain products, vegetables, potatoes and dairy products. On the whole, the British diet is less attractive, less varied, and less convenient to prepare than the Canadian and American.