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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and predecessors: Commercial Control...

Catalogue reference: MAF 36

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MAF 36

Records of the activities of the Board of Agriculture and its successors under legislation to protect farmers and consumers in relation to the quality of commodities purchased, including minutes and reports of various committees and...

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MAF 36

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and predecessors: Commercial Control Correspondence and Papers
Date

1893-1957

Description

Records of the activities of the Board of Agriculture and its successors under legislation to protect farmers and consumers in relation to the quality of commodities purchased, including minutes and reports of various committees and sub-committees set up under relevant acts.

Includes some files re-registered from the CCB file series (MAF 119), MM file series (MAF 210), SDB file series (MAF 273) and the SDS file series: MAF 370

Related material

For records of the Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standing Advisory Committee (FAC file series) see MAF 381

Separated material

Some files from the RFS file series re-registered as AFS files; see

MAF 311

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

RFS file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

311 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Food and drink
Fishing
Farming
Administrative / biographical background

Significant acts with regard to this series include:

The Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Act, 1926, the Seeds Act, 1920, the Seeds (Amendment) Act, 1925, the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, the Food and Drugs Act, 1899, Milk and Dairies Acts, the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, and the Sale of Food (Weights and Measures) Act, 1926.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10437/

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