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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Safety and Standards Group and...

Catalogue reference: MAF 461

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MAF 461

This series contains minutes and papers of the Food Additives and Contaminants Committee (FACC), the Steering Group on Food Surveillance, the Working Party on the Monitoring of Foodstuffs for Heavy Metals, the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and...

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Reference

MAF 461

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Safety and Standards Group and Predecessors Contaminants files (FCN and SFL Series)
Date

1966-2000

Description

This series contains minutes and papers of the Food Additives and Contaminants Committee (FACC), the Steering Group on Food Surveillance, the Working Party on the Monitoring of Foodstuffs for Heavy Metals, the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and other Toxic Chemicals, together with files on other contaminant related topics, as well as labelling for allergies including nuts and labelling for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

FCN and SFL

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Safety Group, 1989-1997
  • 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 Division, 1972-1981
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards Division, 1988-1989
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Food Standards, Science and Safety Division, 1964-1970
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Joint Food Safety and Standards Group, 1998-2000
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Standards Division, 1981-1988
Physical description

372 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2010 Food Standards Agency

Accruals

Series is accruing.

Selection and destruction information

Files selected in accordance with Operational Selection Policy 41.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16456/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food Safety and Standards Group and Predecessors Contaminants files (FCN and SFL Series)