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Local Government Board and Ministry of Health: Foods Branch and successors: Food...

Catalogue reference: MH 56

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MH 56

This series contains correspondence and papers of the Foods Branches and successor of the Local Government Board and the Ministry of Health relating to the regulation and inspection of food, foodstuffs, shellfish beds and milk, and matters of...

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MH 56

Title
Local Government Board and Ministry of Health: Foods Branch and successors: Food Regulation and Inspection, Correspondence and Papers
Date

1850-1967

Description

This series contains correspondence and papers of the Foods Branches and successor of the Local Government Board and the Ministry of Health relating to the regulation and inspection of food, foodstuffs, shellfish beds and milk, and matters of nutrition. Includes papers of the Departmental Committee on Food Law, 1931 to 1933, the Advisory Committee on Nutrition appointed in 1931, the Standing Committee on Medical and Nutritional Problems (1941-1957) and its successor, the Committee on Medical and Nutritional Aspects of Food Policy (later the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy) appointed in 1957, and other committees. Most of the files were registered in the 93401-93449 series of the Ministry of Health; there are also files registered with numbers in 103000, 110000 and 160000 series and some of these were subsequently re-registered in the 93400 series.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

160,000 file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Local Government Board, Foods Branch, 1871-1919
  • Ministry of Health, Foods Branch, 1919-1951
  • Ministry of Health, International Health, Food and Nutrition Division, 1951-1968
Physical description

594 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10899/

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Local Government Board and Ministry of Health: Foods Branch and successors: Food Regulation and Inspection, Correspondence and Papers