HC Deb 31 March 1947 vol 435 c247W
1. Sir G. Fox

asked the Minister of Food how much Kellogg's All Bran Cereal has been allowed to deteriorate and become unfit for human consumption in the last six months at Birkott Loose Boxes, near Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; how much of this has been given to farmers to feed to chickens; what price farmers have paid per cwt.; to what account is the money credited; and why one farmer was granted half a ton and who made this allocation.

Mr. Strachey

1¾ tons of Kellogg's All Bran, handed over by the U.S. Army in a deteriorated condition, and stored at the White House, Burcote, was condemned by the health authorities as unfit for human consumption. It was sold in consultation with the local war agricultural executive committee to four farmers for feeding to their animals at 9s. 4d. per cwt. The proceeds of these sales, as for all Government surplus stocks, are transferred to the Exchequer.