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Catalogue reference: MAF 456

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MAF 456

This series contains the registered files (HE series) of the Horticulture Division and includes general EC negotiations, and trading concerns relating to horticultural products. There is consideration of EC regulations and discussions on the...

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MAF 456

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture: International Trade and EU Matters. Registered Files (HE Series)
Date

1973-1997

Description

This series contains the registered files (HE series) of the Horticulture Division and includes general EC negotiations, and trading concerns relating to horticultural products. There is consideration of EC regulations and discussions on the effects of implementation on UK trade with other countries, UK intervention arrangements and withdrawal of produce. The series also covers the liaison with trade organisations regarding the impact of the EC regulations on their businesses.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

HE Series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division, 1956-1963
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division, 1977-1989
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division I, 1963-1977
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division II, 1963-1977
Physical description

38 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Custodial history

The records were held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) until 2001, when the department was renamed as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Accumulation dates

Series opened in 1972

Accruals

This series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

These files were selected according to The National Archives Acquisition and Disposition Strategy 3.2.2

Administrative / biographical background

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) Horticulture Division was divided in 1963 to form Horticulture Divisions 1 and 2. Horticulture Division 1 dealt with international trade in horticultural products and the UK's application to join the EEC, grading, standards and plant health. In 1977 the two divisions were once more amalgamated into a single division and in 1989 merged with the Marketing Policy and Potatoes Division to form the Horticulture and Potatoes Division.

This HE series was opened in 1972 for use of Horticulture Division 1, Branch A. In 1988 Branch C assumed responsibility and in 1989 it became the responsibility of Horticulture and Potatoes Division and remains their responsibility today.

Publication note(s)
For further information on administrative background and related series, see Sir John Winnifrith, The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (New Whitehall Series, No 11, 1962) and Loaves and Fishes, an illustrated history of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1889-1989 by Susan Foreman, HMSO Dd 290759 C60 3/89
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16526/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture: International Trade and EU Matters. Registered Files (HE Series)