Evening star., 1943-12-30
Frozen Food Put
'0n Point-Free
List stby0PA
Rotion Cost Raised
On Few Items in
January Table
(Neu Point Chart on Page ABB
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.


beans were made point free,
while substantial reductions
were made in the ration cost Of
canned peas and tomatoes in the
January table of rationed
canned and processed food, an
nounced today by the Office OF
Price Administration.
Only a few items were raised In
ration cost on the new table, which
becomes effective Sunday. These
include jams, preserves and ra-
toned Cnon-citrus) marmalades,
which were increased 2 points to
total of 8 pound. Tomato paste,
in eight-ounce packages, were in
creased points to total of IA.
Meanwhile, the War Food Ad-
ministration ordered all cold storage
stocks of chickens set aside for the
Government, to meet needs of the
armed froces. military hospitals, the
War Shipping Administration and
other agencies supplying war re-
quirements.
Fresh-K Killed Poultry Excepted.
The order, effective last midnight,
prohibits the removal or sale Of
frozen poultry for an indefinite
period and requires that holders
report stocks to designated Army
quartermaster market centers with
in 10 days.
The order does not apply to fresh
killed poultry or to chickens stored
after the effective date of the ac-
ton. Thus marketing after yester-
day, together with cold storage
stocks not accepted by the Govern
ment, will be available for civilians,
and the VIA said these stocks ARE
expected to provide for civilian
needs in close to normal late win
ter season quantities"
The OPA announcement that the
frozen foods, which remain in ra-
tioning, but are to be sold without
points, would include asparagus,
broccoli, brussels sprouts, caulifower,
snap beans, mixed vegetables, beets,
carrots, spinach and other leafy
greens, pumpkin, squash, baked
beans, frozen fruit juices, rhubard,
apples and apple sauce.
Frozen corn, peas and lima beans
were left unchanged at IL points for
the No. 2 package. Blueberries and
huckleberries were reduced from IL
points a pound to 6.
Snap Beans Point Free.
Snap beans is the only canned
item to be made point free. The
present point value is 5. Canned
peas, in the popular No. 2 size con-
tainer was reduced to Is points for
January, compared with 18 at pres
ent, and other sizes were cut pro-
portionately. A 6-point reduction
was made in the No 2la can Of
tomatoes, this item being listed on
the new table at Is points.
OPA said canned snap beans, peas
and tomatoes make up approximate
ly Is per cent of all rationed proc
essed foods, while the frozen items
form 5 per cent of the total.
The reductions announced today
coupled with the sharp cuts already
made in the ration cost of meats
assured housewives during the COM
ing month larger amount of ra-
toned foods than at any time since
the programs were started early in
the year.
Officials said action cutting point
value of the frozen foods to zero
would move those commodities into
the hands of consumers and free
badly needed freezer space for stor-
age Of the large amounts of pork
now coming into market.
Supplies of canned snap beans are
at high level and, officials said,
the production outlook is good. The
consumer demand for peas and to-
matoes has declined 10 per cent in
two months, while stocks of both
commodities compare favorably with
last year.
Fruit Spreads to Be Rationed.
OPA also said that all fruit spreads
under 5ls ounces, except citrus mar
malades and those spreads packed
for Christmas sale, would go back in
rationing Sunday. All sizes of
spreads packed for the holiday sea-
son will be returned to rationing
January 8.
Citrus fruit juices, which were
made point free month ago, retain
the zero point value.
Mailing of the new January tables
for the meats and processed food
programs had been delayed a few
days and will not reach retailers
until several days after the new
point values become effective, OPA
said. Store operators were urged to
clip newspaper reproductions of the
charts or to consult their ration
boards when in doubt regarding new
point changes.
The VIA said the set-aside
chicken order was issued because the
Army had been unable to obtain
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