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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Livestock Improvement, Hill Farming...

Catalogue reference: MAF 380

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MAF 380

Records created by the various Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food divisions concerned with the licensing of slaughterhouses. The series covers all aspects of regulation and licensing policy for public and private slaughterhouses,...

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MAF 380

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Livestock Improvement, Hill Farming and Slaughterhouse Policy Division and successors: Registered Files, Slaughterhouse Licensing and Policy (LSP Series)
Date

1951-1973

Description

Records created by the various Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food divisions concerned with the licensing of slaughterhouses. The series covers all aspects of regulation and licensing policy for public and private slaughterhouses, including preparation of legislation; local authorities' powers and responsibilities; safety, hygiene and cruelty, etc.

Many early LSP files contain papers re-registered from the Ministry of Food slaughterhouse policy C2 series opened in 1936 (MAF 74 and MAF 88)

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

LSP file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health Division II, 1965-1987
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards, Hygiene and Slaughterhouse Policy Division, 1958-1964
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Livestock Improvement, Hill Farming and Slaughterhouse Policy Division, 1957-1958
Physical description

77 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1996 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates

1955 to 1968

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10780/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Livestock Improvement, Hill Farming and Slaughterhouse Policy Division and successors: Registered Files, Slaughterhouse Licensing and Policy (LSP Series)