Minutes, meeting of the Food Committee Lists those members present, plus Lt Col E P Cathcart and Capt M Greenwood. Lists committee business, including signing of last meeting's minutes -- consideration of an exchange between the Working Classes Cost of Living Committee and the Food Committee over the requested figures [on the caloric value of given budgets] -- update on the report on Burma rice -- investigations by the Medical Research Committee on the possible connection between alcoholism, dental caries and vitamin deficiency -- debate over a letter from Hardy to the Director of Milk Supplies recommending priority be given to sweetened condensed milk for children in the event of milk shortage -- letter of sympathy to Lady Thompson over her husband's death -- the addition of J S Haldane and M S Pembrey to the Metabolism Research Sub-committee -- the consideration of several papers on a proposed Human Nutrition Institute -- a memo from Dr Chick of the Lister Institute on the cause and prevention of scurvy, urging use of lemons instead of limes, and germinated pulses as a source of anti-scorbutics -- dismissal of a memo on the use of swedes to replace fruit in light of the predicted 'free importation of fruit' -- publication of two memos -- consideration of D Noel Paton's work on cocoa butter and a letter from the Ministry requesting information on this. p264-278. 15 November 1918