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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Pesticides Safety Division and Pesticides...

Catalogue reference: MAF 450

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MAF 450

This series contains registered files documenting the work of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.

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Reference
MAF 450
Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Pesticides Safety Division and Pesticides Safety Directorate: Registered files, Advisory Committee on Pesticides (PAC series)
Description

This series contains registered files documenting the work of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides.

Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Pesticides Safety Division, 1989-1993
  • Pesticides Safety Directorate, 1993-2009
Access conditions
Records not yet transferred
Immediate source of acquisition

Pesticides Safety Directorate

Custodial history
These records passed from the control of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to that of the Pesticides Safety Directorate when it was established in April 1993.
Accumulation dates
1989-
Accruals
Occasional further accruals can be expected.
Selection and destruction information
Selected under acquisition policy criteria 2.2.2.2, documenting the control of chemicals used in agricultural and horticultural pesticides.
Administrative / biographical background

The Advisory Committee on Pesticides is a statutory body set up under section 16(7) of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 to advise on all matters relating to the control of pesticides. The Committee is established by the Control of Pesticides (Advisory Committee on Pesticides) Order 1985, SI No 1985/1516. Administrative and secretarial support for the Committee is provided by the Pesticides Safety Directorate.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16311/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Pesticides Safety Division and Pesticides Safety Directorate: Registered files, Advisory Committee on Pesticides (PAC series)