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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Meat Division and successors: Registered...

Catalogue reference: MAF 246

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MAF 246

Files dealing with the import and distribution of meat, including some on international agencies and agreements, negotiations with other countries on quotas of meat imports; production, distribution and marketing in the UK, liaison with UK...

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Reference
MAF 246
Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Meat Division and successors: Registered Files: Meat and Livestock Distribution (MEA Series)
Date
1952-1984
Description

Files dealing with the import and distribution of meat, including some on international agencies and agreements, negotiations with other countries on quotas of meat imports; production, distribution and marketing in the UK, liaison with UK interests, and retail prices; legislation and consequent administrative changes, including the establishment of the Meat and Livestock Commission; defence stockpiling; and meat research.

The series includes some papers of the Technical Advisory Committee on Meat Research and the Committee of Enquiry into the Marketing and Distribution of Fatstock and Carcase Meat.

Related material

Further records dealing with meat marketing policy are in MAF 194

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
MEA file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
366 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1983 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates
1955 to 1985
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10646/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Meat Division and successors: Registered Files: Meat and Livestock Distribution (MEA Series)