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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
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Series
Ministry of Food: Services Department: Regional Administration Group
Catalogue reference: MAF 100
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MAF 100
This series contains papers relating to the general administrative control of the regional organisation and local offices, enforcement work and liaison with local Food Control Committees (representing the consumer). A small selection of regional...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 100
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food: Services Department: Regional Administration Group
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Date (When the record was created)
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1937-1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers relating to the general administrative control of the regional organisation and local offices, enforcement work and liaison with local Food Control Committees (representing the consumer). A small selection of regional office files have been included as specimens. The papers generally date between 1940 and 1955. Exceptionally a few papers outside this date range have been included to preserve continuity.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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, Services Department, Regional Administration Group, 1947-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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356 file(s)
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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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- Topics
- Food and drink
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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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The Regional Administration Group was responsible for the Ministry of Food's regional organisation and for enforcement work. The United Kingdom was divided into seventeen Divisional Food Areas which under later re-organisation were renamed Regions. Each was in the charge of a Regional Food Officer whose function was to enforce the policy of the ministry and to be responsible for the local Food Offices in his Region.
The Headquarters Division concerned was responsible for the general administrative control of the regional and local offices and for liaison with local Food Control Committees which had been set up under the Food Control Committee (Constitution) Order S.R.O. 1943 No 1304 to represent the interests of local consumers and provide a channel of communication between the Ministry and the buying public.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10500/
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