Series
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Scrapie Eradication and Control...
Catalogue reference: MAF 792
What's it about?
MAF 792
This series contains records relating to the National Scrapie Plan including European Union legislation, international trade, possible amendments to the Animal Health Act 1981, and an extension to the National Scrapie Plan.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 792
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Scrapie Eradication and Control Plan: Registered Files (NSP Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1999-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the National Scrapie Plan including European Union legislation, international trade, possible amendments to the Animal Health Act 1981, and an extension to the National Scrapie Plan.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former reference order
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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)
- NSP
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, National Scrapie Plan, 2001-2023
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, National Scrapie Plan, 1995-2001
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 2022 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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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This is part of the National Scrapie Plan (NSP). It is a long term plan which consists of a number of genotyping scheme and initiatives designed to reduce the prevalence of scrapie in the national sheep flock. The NSP was introduced following advice from independent experts on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) in order to be able to control and elimate scrapie. The NSP was launched in July 2001
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18295365/
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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Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Scrapie Eradication and Control Plan: Registered Files (NSP Series)