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Catalogue reference: MAF 248

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MAF 248

The LEI series cover a wide range of topics relating to the import and export of breeding livestock and semen, particularly controls to ensure the health of livestock and livestock strains in the UK, and to comply with other states' regulations...

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MAF 248

Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Health Divisions: Registered Files, Livestock and Livestock Semen Exports and Imports (LEI Series)
Date

1945-1978

Description

The LEI series cover a wide range of topics relating to the import and export of breeding livestock and semen, particularly controls to ensure the health of livestock and livestock strains in the UK, and to comply with other states' regulations concerning veterinary control of imported livestock. Some of the more important subjects covered are the importation of animals in exceptional circumstances; applications for licensing; the prohibition of certain unacceptable imports; the examination of other countries' animal health regulations and liaison with cattle societies.

The series includes some early files re-registered from the TLY file series: MAF 121

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

LEI file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

67 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

from 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

from 1983 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates

1955 onwards

Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10648/

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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Health Divisions: Registered Files, Livestock and Livestock Semen Exports and Imports (LEI Series)