Series
Ministry of Food: Supply Department: Cereals Group
Catalogue reference: MAF 84
What's it about?
MAF 84
Files of the Ministry of Food divisions responsible for the procurement, distribution and processing of cereals and cereal products. The papers contained in this series generally date from 1940 to 1955.This series contains files re-registered...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 84
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food: Supply Department: Cereals Group
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Date (When the record was created)
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1928-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Ministry of Food divisions responsible for the procurement, distribution and processing of cereals and cereal products. The papers contained in this series generally date from 1940 to 1955.
This series contains files re-registered from the HG file series: MAF 279
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Cereals Deficiency Payments Unit in the CDG file series see MAF 296
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Food, Supply Department, Cereals Group, 1943-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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981 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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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Early in 1943 the Commodity Divisions of the Ministry of Food responsible for the procurement, distribution and processing of cereals and cereal products were brought together and formed into a self contained group. During the succeeding years there were various regroupings due to changing circumstances, but essentially the basic structure of the group was retained. To provide the machinery for the general administration of the Group Cereals (Central) Division was created. Its functions included the general policy and administrative work; and, in conjunction with the relevant divisions, was concerned with the negotiation of long and short term contracts and agreements. It also maintained the necessary liaison with other departments and bodies at home and overseas on matters relating to cereals and cereal products.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10485/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Food: Supply Department: Cereals Group