By mid-1942 most foodstuffs were rationed, except fresh vegetables, fruit, fish and bread

Evidence

Rationing in Britain during World War II: A resource for Key Stage 4 (University of Oxford, Faculty of History)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Post-war Britain rationed nearly all basic foods including fresh produce — David, Elizabeth, Book of Mediterranean Food, 40; Certain staple foods were never rationed, including bread, potatoes, fruit, vegetables, and fish — Rationing in Wartime Britain

Related

• Certain staple foods were never rationed, including bread, potatoes, fruit, vegetables, and fish (similarity 0.95)
• Post-war Britain rationed nearly all basic foods including fresh produce (similarity 0.91)
• Postwar British rationing made basic cooking ingredients scarce or unobtainable in 1950 (similarity 0.83)