The interim report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Slaughterhouses: (England and Wales).

Abstract

THE derationing of meat on 3rd July next will create a unique situation for farmers, -L meat traders, wholesale meat agencies, and slaughtering contractors, as well as for local authorities. The latter are being placed under an obligation by the Bill now before Parliament to make such use of their statutory powers as may be necessary for securing the provision of adequate slaughtering facilities in the new situation. In assessing the requirements of this situation the pre-war set-up in the meat trade, after fifteen years of control, offers no guide to the shape of a post-war free market organization of the meat supply. This is particularly true of slaughtering facilities because, .