Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Zootechnics EU Rules re Pedigree Animals...
Catalogue reference: MAF 706
What's it about?
MAF 706
Records selected in this series reflect policy, discussion and development in respect of Horse Passport Regulations; Introduction of the National Equine Database; Horse Breed Working Group;Shadow NED Board; andReview of passport issuing organisations.
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 706
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Zootechnics EU Rules re Pedigree Animals and the Recognition of Breed Societies (ZOOT Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1999-2007
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records selected in this series reflect policy, discussion and development in respect of
- Horse Passport Regulations;
- Introduction of the National Equine Database;
- Horse Breed Working Group;
- Shadow NED Board; and
- Review of passport issuing organisations.
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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)
- ZOOT 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, Meat Hygiene Division, 1982-2000
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 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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in 2015 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Records Collection Policy 3.1 Policy and Administrative Purposes of the State: the formulation of policy and its execution.
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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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Following accession to the EEC, the divisions dealing with meat matters were reorganised along product lines rather than subjects and the duties of the Division responsible for livestock covered, among other things, the oversight of the import and export of livestock to ensure the maintenance and improvement of the UK's breeding stock.
In 2002, the Commission Decision 2000/68/EC was announced with the intention to prevent horses being slaughtered for human consumption which had been administered with medicines in the previous six months that had not been authorised for use in food producing animals. One of the main requirements of the Decision was to require all horses to have passports. Policy surrounding this decision and its implementation within the UK fell to the Pets and Quarantine Branch of International Trade Division. Alongside the issue of horse passports was the setting up of a National Equine Database.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13261113/
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: Zootechnics EU Rules re Pedigree Animals and the Recognition of Breed Societies (ZOOT Series) Files