Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Investigation and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 321
What's it about?
MAF 321
This series contains records relating to the enforcement of food controls and rationing orders in wartime and during emergencies, including annual reports of the Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 321
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Investigation and Enforcement (ENF Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1954-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the enforcement of food controls and rationing orders in wartime and during emergencies, including annual reports of the Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
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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)
- ENF 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)
- Ministry of Food, Enforcement Division, 1950-1955
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1939
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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 Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Food was set up to police various food controls and rationing orders to prevent a black market in controlled food commodities. Food rationing ended in 1954 and in 1955 the Ministry of Food and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries merged. The role of the Enforcement Division changed as divisions in the new combined ministry dealing with subsidies needed help in investigating and prosecuting producers and others who were seeking to defraud them.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10721/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Investigation and Enforcement (ENF Series)