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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Animal Feedingstuffs...

Catalogue reference: MAF 311

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MAF 311

This series contains records of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to prices, production and supply of animal feedingstuffs and pet food, and imports and exports of feedingstuffs and raw materials.Some early AFS files have...

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MAF 311

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Animal Feedingstuffs (AFS Series)
Date

1953-2003

Description

This series contains records of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to prices, production and supply of animal feedingstuffs and pet food, and imports and exports of feedingstuffs and raw materials.

Some early AFS files have pre-1955 papers from the RFS file series (MAF 36 and MAF 79)

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

AFS file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Cereals Division, 1971-1989
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Crop Production Division, 1956-1957
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, International Cereals Division, 1955-1970
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, International Cereals, Feedingstuffs and Fertilisers Division, 1957-1959
Physical description

29 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

From 1989 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates

1955 onwards

Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

Animal feedingstuffs standards were first legislated for by the 1893 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, and there were further Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Acts in 1906 and 1923.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10711/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Animal Feedingstuffs (AFS Series)