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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 134
What's it about?
MAF 134
Files of the Plant Health Branch of the Horticulture Division dealing with safeguarding the health of commercially produced plants and plant products against serious pests and diseases, for example through certification schemes, and with...
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 134
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Plant Inspection and Certification (HI Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1928-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Plant Health Branch of the Horticulture Division dealing with safeguarding the health of commercially produced plants and plant products against serious pests and diseases, for example through certification schemes, and with improving the health of domestic planting material.
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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 HI files can be found in
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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)
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HI file series
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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 Agriculture and Fisheries, Education and Advisory Services Division, Horticulture Division, Plant Health Branch, 1944-1948
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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104 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Fishing
- Farming
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1946
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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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Scientific advice was provided by the Harpenden Laboratory, whilst inspectorate duties were carried out by the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10534/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Plant Inspection and Certification (HI Series)
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