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Show WFA Lifts Restriction on Farmer IVIeat Sales Salt Lake City, May 29 All restrictions on farm slaughter of livestock and delivery of meat to off-farm customers were lifted today, according to DeVon Y. Stewart, Area Supervisor of food distribution. The action was taken by the War Food Administration, Stewart Ste-wart said, to facilitate movement of heavy supplies of livestock now on farms into consumer channels. Direct delivery of meat from the farm to neighboring neighbor-ing communities is expected to help the farmer, and improve rural meat supplies. Farmers were previously required re-quired to obtain permits to slaughte arnd deliver livestock to persons not living on the farm. Restrictions on slaughter and delivery de-livery of hogs were revoked some time ago, but until now continued in force for all other livestock. Today's action is made effective through amendment 15 to War Food Order No. 75, Stewart Ste-wart said. |