From 1929 to 1944, Boyd Orr was Consultant Director to the Imperial Bureau of Animal Nutrition, later the Commonwealth Bureau of Nutrition (part of the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux), which was based at the Rowett Research Institute.
Under åren 1929 - 44 var Boyd Orr konsulterande direktör vid Imperial Bureau of Animal Nutrition och senare Commonwealth Bureau of Nutrition (en del av Commonwealth Agricultural Bureax), vilken var baserad vid Rowett Research Institute.