Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Eggs and Poultry Division and successors:...
Catalogue reference: MAF 293
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MAF 293
Files dealing with various subjects concerning poultry, egg and small fur-bearing livestock production, including animal welfare in intensive farming systems.The series includes records on the operation of the egg guarantee through the British...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 293
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Eggs and Poultry Division and successors: Registered Files, Poultry, Eggs and Small Livestock (PE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files dealing with various subjects concerning poultry, egg and small fur-bearing livestock production, including animal welfare in intensive farming systems.
The series includes records on the operation of the egg guarantee through the British Egg Marketing Board and the winding up of the board; consideration of the report of the Reorganisation Commission for Eggs, 1968; the work of the Poultry (Stock Improvement) Advisory Committee, the Poultry Stock Improvement Plan; the setting-up and working of Poultry Progeny Testing Stations; egg and poultry statistics; the import and export of poultry and eggs; and small fur-bearing livestock, such as mink and chinchillas.
Many early files in this series contain pre-1957 papers re-registered from the C20 file series (MAF 85) and PRG file series (MAF 54 and MAF 125)
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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)
- PE file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Economic Advice, Marketing and Eggs Division, 1963-1965
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Eggs and Poultry Division, 1955-1958
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Eggs and Poultry Division, 1970-1972
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Eggs, Poultry and Potatoes Division, 1958-1963
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Eggs, Poultry and Potatoes Division, 1972-1974
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Home Grown Cereals, Eggs and Poultry Division, 1965-1970
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Pig and Poultry Products Division, 1974-1984
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 344 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1992 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1957 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Egg and Poultry Division was also responsible for the three poultry progeny testing stations established at Levens Hall Farm, near Harrogate, Wheaton Ashton and Phoenice Farm, Great Bookham, in Surrey, which operated between 1955 and 1964.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10693/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Eggs and Poultry Division and successors: Registered Files, Poultry, Eggs and Small Livestock (PE Series)