Rationing in the United Kingdom / Ministry of Food.

  • Great Britain. Ministry of Food
Date:
[1949?]
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Credit: Rationing in the United Kingdom / Ministry of Food. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘ i a 21 Cancellation of Coupons in Catering Establishments. All persons staying in a catering establishment for five nights or more must produce their ration book to the management in order that the appropriate coupons for rationed and points rationed foods may be cancelled. One soap coupon must be cut out after the first twelve consecutive nights spent in an establishment and another every fourteen days there- after. Establishments are required to cancel the coupons of certain classes of persons, e.g. employees of an establishment, who though not resident obtain substantially all their meals there on five or more days each week. In addition the Minister and Food Control Committees have power to require establishments to cancel coupons of persons who take substantially all their meals in an establishment on three or more days each week, e.g. workers housed on constructional camp sites and fed from a works canteen maintained by the works management for their benefit. Institutions are not required to cancel coupons until a person has stayed five or more consecutive nights. The reason for requiring the surrender of coupons from these classes is that they are provided with meals by the establishment and do not therefore require to use their ration books ; their coupons are therefore cancelled and not used. If an “on Nea has cancelled the coupons in the ration book of any person for _ three weeks in any period of four weeks, the management is required to forward the ration book to the Local Food Office in order that any registrations with retailers which the holder may have effected should be cancelled. This prevents the retailers from obtaining supplies for the holder of the book which he will not need because he is for the time being provided with meals by the establishment. Establishments are required to notify Food Offices of the name and address of any person who is required to produce his ration book for the cancellation of coupons and who refuses or is unable to do so. Persons living away from home in catering establishments but going home every _ weekend may get a Temporary Ration Document R.B.12 every fourth week. This entitles the holder to a week’s rations. Similar arrangements are made for those living in institutions. Since August Ist, 1947, Catering Establishments are no longer required to cancel coupons in the ration books of resident expectant mothers (R.B.7) and children under the age of 6 months (R.B.2). From June 9th, 1947, overseas visitors were exempt from the necessity of obtaining ration documents during the first four weeks of their visit if they stayed in a catering establishment. Since May 22nd, 1949, the period of exemption has been extended to the first eight weeks of a visit. VI. CONTROL OF SUPPLIES TO RETAILERS Foods Controlled by Ordinary Rationing or Distribution Schemes The supply of rationed and controlled foods, other than points or personal points rationed foods, to retailers and to establishments is governed by means of buying permits or authorisations which are issued to retailers or establishments by Local Food Offices. The retailer can obtain supplies for his wholesaler and the establishment from its wholesaler or retailer only by means of these permits or authorisations. At the present time two main forms are used to cover the principal rationed and controlled foods :— (1) a permit for purchases by wholesale (C.P.2) which is used both by retailers and establishments buying by wholesale. This provides for fats, sugar, cheese, bacon and eggs ; (2) an authorisation to purchase by retail (EA2/SA2) which is used by establish- ments and special authority holders buying by retail. This covers purchases of tea, fats, sugar, cheese, meat, bacon, eggs and milk.
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