Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Chief Scientist's Group, Food Science...
Catalogue reference: MAF 460
What's it about?
MAF 460
This series contains selected Food Science Division registered files on food additives.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 460
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Chief Scientist's Group, Food Science Division Additives (ADF Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1965-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected Food Science Division registered files on food additives.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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By former file reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier food standards (FS series) files are in MAF 260
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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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ADF
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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)
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- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Science Division, 1972-1995
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards and Science Division, 1970-1972
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards, Science and Safety Division, 1964-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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342 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2010 Food Standards Agency
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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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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) until 1999; Food Standards Agency (FSA) from 2000.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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from 1975
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected in accordance with Operational Selection Policy 41.
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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 ADF file series was opened in 1975, because the previous, FS, series had become unwieldy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16441/
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: Chief Scientist's Group, Food Science Division Additives (ADF Series) Files