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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergencies, Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs...
Catalogue reference: MAF 439
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MAF 439
This series contains records concerning the safeguarding of food supplies in peace-time emergencies. It includes original policy material on a contingency study of cereals. As well as this, the files also detail the scenario surrounding the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 439
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergencies, Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standards Division, Branch C: Registered Files (GZ Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1975-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records concerning the safeguarding of food supplies in peace-time emergencies. It includes original policy material on a contingency study of cereals. As well as this, the files also detail the scenario surrounding the effect of a 20% cut in cereal imports and the arrangements which might be needed to cope with any consequent shortages.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Records are arranged alpha-numerically according to their file reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Civil Emergencies and Food Supplies (CER Series) MAF 394
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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)
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GZ series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergencies, Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Standards Division, 1974-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2004 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) became custodians of the series in 2002 when the newly formed department replaced MAFF.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Further accruals can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.2.2, documenting the impact of the state on the environment.
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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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In 1970, following an internal re-organisation, the Defence, Emergencies and Crop Improvement Division was established, having responsibility for administering the Agricultural Lime and Fertiliser Subsidy Schemes (both of which were intended to increase productive capacity of the land and so help guard against food shortage in the event of an emergency). Following further internal re-organisation, in 1981 this division was split up and an Emergencies Division dealing solely with emergency planning for food and agriculture was created.
Responsibility for this series now lies with the Building and Estates Management Division's Emergencies Unit.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16194/
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: Emergencies, Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standards Division, Branch C: Registered Files (GZ Series)