Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Chief Scientist's Group, Food Science Division Additives (ADF Series) Files

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Reference: MAF 460
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Chief Scientist's Group, Food Science Division Additives (ADF Series) Files
Description:

This series contains selected Food Science Division registered files on food additives.
Date: 1965-1997
Arrangement:

By former file reference.
Related material:

Earlier food standards (FS series) files are in MAF 260
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: ADF
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001

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, Science and Safety Division, 1964-1970
Physical description: 342 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2010 Food Standards Agency
Custodial history: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) until 1999; Food Standards Agency (FSA) from 2000.
Accumulation dates: from 1975
Selection and destruction information: Selected in accordance with Operational Selection Policy 41.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The ADF file series was opened in 1975, because the previous, FS, series had become unwieldy.

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