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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Science and Atomic Energy Division...
Catalogue reference: MAF 298
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MAF 298
Records of the various Food Science Divisions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, concerning the safeguarding of food, agricultural land and fishing grounds from the possible harmful effects of the use of nuclear energy. Subjects...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 298
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Science and Atomic Energy Division and successors: Registered Files, Nuclear Energy and Food Safety (NE Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1954-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the various Food Science Divisions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, concerning the safeguarding of food, agricultural land and fishing grounds from the possible harmful effects of the use of nuclear energy. Subjects covered include authorisations, reports on sites, site emergency arrangements, general policy, monitoring and sampling, interdepartmental committees, international liaison. The series includes minutes and papers of the Advisory Panel on Discharge of Radioactive Wastes.
Many of those files relating to particular sites contain maps and plans. Some files also contain papers re-registered from the Z file series (MAF 250 and MAF 355)
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged in former reference order within each of these accessions: pieces 1-141, 142-155, 156-158, 159-171.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records relating to water quality around sites using radioactive materials see MAF 336
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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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NE 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)
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, General Division, 1947-1954
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergency Services Divisions, 1955-1960
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Science and Atomic Energy Division, 1961-1962
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Science and Plant Health Division, 1963-1964
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Science Division, 1972-1995
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards and Science Division, 1970-1972
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards, Science and Safety Division, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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358 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1994 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1961 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was made jointly responsible with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government for the granting of authorisations for the discharge of all forms of radioactive waste to organisations which operated nuclear installations, under the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1945 and the Radioactive Substances Act 1960. The aim was to ensure that agricultural land and fishing grounds did not become contaminated with radioactivity which would then pass into the food chain. In support of this objective, the ministry carried out monitoring and sampling at disposal sites, and prepared reports on sites and participated in the preparation of site emergency arrangements. Monitoring of water quality was done by the Fisheries Radiobiological Laboratory, while monitoring of agricultural land was carried out by the ministry's emergency services divisions, 1954 to 1961, and then the Food Science and Atomic Energy Division (1961-1962), the Food Science and Plant Health Division (1962-1964) and the Food Science and Safety Division (1964), before passing to the amalgamated Food Standards, Science and Safety Division in 1964.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10698/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Science and Atomic Energy Division and successors: Registered Files, Nuclear Energy and Food Safety (NE Series)