Show OPA ISSUES PRICE CEILINGS ON PORK TO MEAT RETAILER the recently announced OPA retail price ceilings on pork are an important adjunct to the meats and fats rationing program which begins on lion monday march 29 it was stated today by mary H rex community service member ber of randolph war price and rationing board according to the pork ceiling regulations retailers selling pork are required to display the official government ceiling price list in their establishments by april 1st ast these arcie lists may be obtained by class I 1 and 2 retailers those doing an ail annual volume of business of or less either in person or by mail from the war price and rationing board in randolph retailers in class 3 and 4 those doing an annual volume of business in a excess 01 01 will receive the regulation by mail an retailer in class 3 or 4 who does not receive the official list by mall mail should write to the OPA regonal office kittredge building denver colorado for his copy it was stated typical of the price ceilings established by the regulation for class 1 and 2 stores are the following fresh loin end chops or roasts per pound fresh center chops or roasts per pound smoked standard grade A de sliced bacon per pound pork sales at prices above the ceiling will indicate black market operations the price administrations said and therefore will help in enforcing the rationing regulations according to the meats and fats rationing tion irig program no restrictions are placed on the farmers own use of these products raised by himself this along with the jact fact that rationed products held in in cold storage lockers by individuals need not be declared make it extremely important that the honor system established by OPA be followed and that consumption be voluntarily curtailed it was said the government requests that farmers voluntarily retain stamps in their fam ilys books equal to the point value of the home raised products they use when a farmer sells any of his home products meats or other rationed products he automatically becomes a distributor tri butor and must collect ration stamps cheeks checks or certificates when making such a a sale and later must surrender these to the OPA to facilitate sales of meats direct from farm slaughterer to consumer the OPA is allowing them to collect from the buyer all of the red stamps required for the purchase even though some of the series needed have not yet become valid for ordinary use retailers will go to the local post office for copies of the official point value chart to be posted in their stores as they did for the processed food rationing charts it was stated commenting on the processed foods rationing program mary H rex stated that for the benefit of consumers who ma may y run short of blue stamps for processed ces sed foods or who have a few odd ones left but too few for a purchase the OPA validated the april stamps series D E and P beginning on march 25 these may be used at any time until the end of april |