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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Standards Division: Fertilisers...

Catalogue reference: MAF 422

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MAF 422

The DW series contains papers created as a result of implementation of Part IV of the Agriculture Act 1970. This includes the implementation of EC directives on undesirable substances in animal feeding stuffs and the establishment of common...

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MAF 422

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Standards Division: Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (DW Series)
Date

1970-2000

Description

The DW series contains papers created as a result of implementation of Part IV of the Agriculture Act 1970. This includes the implementation of EC directives on undesirable substances in animal feeding stuffs and the establishment of common methods of analysis and labelling provisions. The file series passed to the Chemical Safety Food Division, Branch B in the mid 1980s.

All files in the DW series were closed on 31 March 2000 as a result of the establishment of the Food Standards Agency on 1 April 2000

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

DW series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Standing Advisory Committee, 1950-1970
  • Food Standards Agency, 2000-2000
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Safety Group, 1989-1997
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards and Science Division, 1970-1972
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards Division, 1972-1981
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards Division, 1988-1989
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Standards Division, 1981-1988
Physical description

231 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2005 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Accruals

Series is accruing.

Selection and destruction information

Selected under 2.2.2.2 of TNA's Acquisition Policy, (impact of the State on the physical environment).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15804/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Standards Division: Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (DW Series)