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THE food policy of the Government during the present War has followed three main lines: it has provided for the accumulation of stocks of certain essential commodities against siege conditions; it has largely prevented profiteering and has achieved a reasonably equitable distribution of food by a system of rationing, by price control and by subsidizing the consumption of certain foodstuffs; it has also, by special subsidies, as in the case of milk, and by a system of differential prices in the case of margarine, done much to ensure the adequate nutrition x.f the poorer groups of consumers. It is indeed probable that during the first-year of war, with the increase in employment and earnings, and with little diminution in the supply of food, the general average of nutrition was as high, if not higher, than in peace. Recently, however, the position has altered, and it is doubtful if the policy which was successful in 1940 will be adequate for 1941.
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Food Distribution in War-Time. Nature 147, 335–337 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147335a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147335a0