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Series
Ministry of Food: Committees
Catalogue reference: MAF 151
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MAF 151
Minutes and papers of committees set up by the Ministry of Food or on which it was represented. They include such bodies as the Combined Food Board, the International Sugar Council, the Profit Margins Committee, the International Wheat...
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MAF 151
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food: Committees
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Date (When the record was created)
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1938-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and papers of committees set up by the Ministry of Food or on which it was represented. They include such bodies as the Combined Food Board, the International Sugar Council, the Profit Margins Committee, the International Wheat Conferences 1947 and 1949 and the International Wheat Council.
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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, 1939-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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438 files and volumes
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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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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
- Farming
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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 committees in this series were set up under the regulations made during World War II, some of which continued until the amalgamation with the Ministry of Agriculture in 1955 and after.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10551/
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