Food waste in the United Kingdom Meanwhile, in the United States (where shortages were hardly comparable), legislators considered laws restricting the distribution of food in order to cut waste, breaches of which might be punishable by fines or imprisonment. During World War II, rationing was imposed almost immediately. Restrictions were immediately more stringent than in the Great War as with effect from 8 January 1940, ration books were issued and most foods were subject to ration. By August 1940, legislation was passed that made the wasting of food a prisonable offence. Posters encouraged kitchen waste to be used for feeding animals, primarily swine but also poultry.
Rationing in the United Kingdom under 5; for those under 18; children unable to attend school , certain invalids up to . Each consumer received one tin of milk powder (equivalent to ) every eight weeks. Persons falling within the following descriptions were allowed of cheese a week in place of the general ration of : In Britain during the Second World War, clothes rationing was announced on June 1,1941. This was majorly caused by the increased need for clothing materials to be utilized for producing uniforms. By this point in the war, one fourth of the population was now wearing uniforms. Much of the