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The rationing never came about, in large part because increasing North Sea oil production allowed the UK to offset much of the lost imports. By the time of the 1979 energy crisis, the United Kingdom had become a net exporter of oil, so on that occasion the government did not even have to consider petrol rationing.
The British pet massacre was an event in 1939 in which an estimated 400,000 cats and dogs, a quarter of England's pet population, were euthanized due to an aside in a pamphlet noting it as an option for people unable to take their pets with them when evacuating.
Indeed, food rationing was a major success story in Britain's war. [ 4 ] In the dark days of late June 1940, with a German invasion threatened, Woolton reassured the public that emergency food stocks were in place that would last "for weeks and weeks" even if the shipping could not get through.
26 May – Motor fuel rationing comes to an end after eleven years, marking another stage in the phasing-out of rationing that was introduced in the wake of World War II. [ 16 ] 6 June – The BBC Light Programme first airs the popular radio comedy feature Educating Archie .
1950: Denmark passes its Animal Protection Law. [15] Denmark Early 1950s: Willem van Eelen recognizes the possibility of generating meat from tissue culture. [32] Netherlands 1950s: Intensive animal farming begins in the UK, driving a massive increase in the number of animals raised and slaughtered for food. [16] 1959
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Restrictions were immediately more stringent than in World War I: with effect from 8 January 1940, ration books were issued and most foods were subject to ration. [3] [8] By August 1940, food waste was an imprisonable offence under the law. [9] Posters encouraged kitchen waste to be used for feeding animals, primarily swine but also poultry.
Logo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 30) and at that time called the Board of Agriculture, and then from 1903 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and from 1919 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.