§ Mr. Spenceasked the Minister of Food what new instructions he is issuing, or has issued, regarding the allocation of meat, for manufacturing purposes, to general butchers; and what percentage reduction this represents.
§ Mr. WebbIt has been necessary, because of the make-up of our stocks, to supply general butchers with ration meat for their manufacturing allowance. This has been the practice throughout most of the period of control. It enables butchers to cut out their rations more easily and to use their trimmings for manufacture. As this manufacturing allowance is expressed in money value, the quantity of meat the butcher will now receive varies according to the type of meat issued, but it is estimated that there will be a reduction of between 15 per cent. and 25 per cent. As most manufactured meat products are made by the large manufacturers and the pork butchers, whose allocations are unchanged, the total quantity available to the public will not be reduced seriously.