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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak 1967-68:...

Catalogue reference: MAF 471

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MAF 471

The series contains the evidence submitted to the Committee of Inquiry into the 1967/68 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak including notes, agendas and minutes of meetings.

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MAF 471

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak 1967-68: Registered Files (CQ File Series)
Date

1967-1969

Description

The series contains the evidence submitted to the Committee of Inquiry into the 1967/68 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak including notes, agendas and minutes of meetings.

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Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

CQ file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health Division I, 1965-1987
Physical description

34 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

In 2018 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Accumulation dates

1968-1969

Accruals

No further accruals are expected

Administrative / biographical background

In 1967 the Minister of Agriculture announced his intention to set up an independent committee of inquiry to examine both policy and arrangements for dealing with Foot and Mouth and to advise whether changes were necessary. The Committee received both written and oral evidence with a final report detailing the Committee?s recommendations being published in 1969.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12853756/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak 1967-68: Registered Files (CQ File Series)