Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Animal Feedingstuffs (AFS Series)

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Details of MAF 311
Reference: MAF 311
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Animal Feedingstuffs (AFS Series)
Description:

This series contains records of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to prices, production and supply of animal feedingstuffs and pet food, and imports and exports of feedingstuffs and raw materials.

Some early AFS files have pre-1955 papers from the RFS file series (MAF 36 and MAF 79)

Date: 1953-2003
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AFS file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Cereals Division, 1971-1989

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Crop Production Division, 1956-1957

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, International Cereals Division, 1955-1970

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, International Cereals, Feedingstuffs and Fertilisers Division, 1957-1959

Physical description: 29 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

From 1989 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates: 1955 onwards
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Animal feedingstuffs standards were first legislated for by the 1893 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, and there were further Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Acts in 1906 and 1923.

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