MAF1386-2023Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies
Records of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), their predecessors, and of related bodies.
The frequently changing structures of these various ministries have meant that responsibility for the same food product, policy or agricultural development has often moved between several departments. Their functions comprise, or have comprised, the general areas of: