HC Deb 15 November 1960 vol 630 c29W
Mr. Stodart

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what was the estimated amount of meat and poultry, calculated as carcase weight, consumed per head of the United Kingdom population during 1959.

Mr. Soames

The following table gives the detailed estimates:

lb. per head per annum
Beef—bone in (dressed carcase weight) 43.0
Beef—bone out (dressed carcase weight) 2.3
Mutton and Lamb (dressed carcase weight) 25.5
Pork (dressed carcase weight) 18.5
Offal (Product weight) 9.0
Canned meat (imported—product weight) 9.0
Bacon and Ham (side weight) 25.3
Total meat and bacon (edible weight) 112.6
Poultry (plucked and drawn weight) 11.4
Game and rabbits (product weight) 0.6
Total meat, bacon, game and poultry (edible weight) 121.0

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