Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Infestation Control...
Catalogue reference: MAF 423
What's it about?
MAF 423
This series covers MAFF policy on the control of pests and other infestations affecting agriculture, and the administration of schemes set up to implement those policies.
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 423
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Infestation Control Divisions: Policy and Administration: Registered Files (DX Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series covers MAFF policy on the control of pests and other infestations affecting agriculture, and the administration of schemes set up to implement those policies.
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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)
- DX 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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 19 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 2002 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1951 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under section 2.2.2.2 of the PRO's Acquisition Policy.
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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 Safety, Pesticides and Infestation Control Division was created in 1972. Its responsibilities included policy on issues relating to safety, the use of pesticides and the control of pests and vermin in agriculture. It was also responsible for the administration of those schemes which implemented MAFF policy in these areas.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15843/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Infestation Control Divisions: Policy and Administration: Registered Files (DX Series)