Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Sugar Divisions: Registered Files, Sugar...
Catalogue reference: MAF 699
What's it about?
MAF 699
This file series covers Genetically-Modified related issues including Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerant (GMHT) crops, seed purity standards, the National List regulations, and environmental issues relating to the cultivation/production of flax.
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 699
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Sugar Divisions: Registered Files, Sugar and Industrial Crops (SOF Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1981-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This file series covers Genetically-Modified related issues including Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerant (GMHT) crops, seed purity standards, the National List regulations, and environmental issues relating to the cultivation/production of flax.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
- Arrangement
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records relating to the sugar subsidy and to the organisation of the Sugar Commission and British Sugar Corporation MAF 34
Files on international trade in sugar MAF 40
Records relating to research including papers of the Sugar Beet Research and Education Committee MAF 33
Registered files on sugar beet MAF 268
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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)
- SOF 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
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Chemicals and GM Policy Division, 2001-2007
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, New Crops and Sugar Division, 1998-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sugar, Oils and Fats Division, 1982-1990
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sugar, Tobacco, Oils and Fats Division, 1991-1991
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sugar, Tobacco, Oilseeds and Proteins Division, 1992-1998
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 49 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)
- 1982 to 2012
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- File series closed in 2012 - after transfer, series will not accrue. New file series GMO opened in 2003 to reflect the work of GM Policy Unit.
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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 Sugar Division was originally formed on the amalgamation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and the Ministry of Food in 1955. MAFF acquired functions from Ministry of Food relating to the sugar industry and became responsible for beet and cane sugar (and also artificial sweeteners and isoglucose).
The Division responsible in 1982 when series opened was the Sugar, Oils and Fats Division (SOF) covering domestics and international policy and the operation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for (a) sugar and isoglucose (b) oilseeds and fast, peas, beans and dried food. From 1995, the Division also took responsibility for alternative crops.
In 1998 divisional responsibility for the file series was passed to New Crops and Sugar (NCS) Division. The remit was policy work on: EU sugar regime and on domestic sugar industry matters; the agricultural implications of the introduction of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) into UK agriculture, including general MAFF co-ordination of GM work; support for energy crops; encouragement of other agri-industrial materials; and CAP regimes for flax/hemp and cotton.
NCS then changed to GM and Industrial Crops in 2001 and merged with Chemicals and Biotechnology Division (ex-Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) in August 2001 to become Chemicals and GM Policy Division.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12515796/
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: Sugar Divisions: Registered Files, Sugar and Industrial Crops (SOF Series)