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Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and predecessors: Commercial Control...
Catalogue reference: MAF 36
What's it about?
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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and predecessors: Commercial Control Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1893-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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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
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standing Advisory Committee (FAC file series) see MAF 381
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files from the RFS file series re-registered as AFS files; see
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- RFS file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 311 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10437/
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