Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: European Community Free Food Scheme
Catalogue reference: MAF 692
What's it about?
MAF 692
The preserved records in this series chart the arrangements for participation in European Community Free Food Scheme or Surplus Food Scheme. Also the development of policy legislation and annual review in the light of costs and stocks available.
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 692
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: European Community Free Food Scheme
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1987-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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The preserved records in this series chart the arrangements for participation in European Community Free Food Scheme or Surplus Food Scheme. Also the development of policy legislation and annual review in the light of costs and stocks available.
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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)
- FFS 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)
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- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, European Community Division II, 1980-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2015 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1987 to 2011
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- 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 EC Free Food Scheme provided for Member States to make available to designated organisations, food from intervention stocks for distribution to the most deprived in society.
Originally designed to provide surplus stocks of farm produce ('intervention stocks') to needy people, the scheme was amended in the mid-1990s to make it possible to supplement intervention stocks with market purchases in certain circumstances.
The scheme was originally established in 1987, allowing Member States to release public stocks of surplus food for use as food aid. Since then, the situation has changed. With stocks being at an all-time low, the number of needy people has increased and food prices have risen sharply. This is why the Commission believes it is vital to increase spending on the scheme, and to allow food purchases on the open market on a permanent basis.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12103888/
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: European Community Free Food Scheme