Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Badger Culling Trials - Policy and Implementation (TBX Series)

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Reference: MAF 702
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Badger Culling Trials - Policy and Implementation (TBX Series)
Description:

This series contains papers relating to the policy and implementation of the Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT).

The series includes:

  • Minutes and agendas for Idependent Scientific Group (ISG) meetings;
  • Krebs implementation expert group papers;
  • Research and Development Vaccine Steering group papers;
  • Papers concerning development of prosecution policy relating to RBCT;
  • TB Vaccine Scope Study Group papers.
Date: 1997-2008
Related material:

See also:

MAF 257

MAF 430

MAF 459

For other papers of the Consultative Panel on Badgers, see FT 41/91-93 FT 41/91
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: TBX Series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, 1991-2001
Physical description: 185 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2018 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 (DEFRA)
Accumulation dates: Series opened in 1999, and closed in 2012
Selection and destruction information: These files were selected according to The National Archives Acquisition and Disposition Strategy 3.2.2
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

In 1938 the Diseases of Animals Division of MAFF became the Animal Health Division. In 1965 it was divided into two Divisions, in 1968 into three and finally in 1972 into four Divisions. In 1987 Animal Health Group was reorganised and Division III was renamed Animal Medicines Division.

With reorganisation in 1987, prevention, control and eradication of notifiable and other diseases of animals came under the remit of Animal Health Division. In 1992 after further restructuring Animal Health (Disease Control) Division was formed to deal with all notifiable diseases (except salmonella and BSE).

In 2001 together with BSE, Sheep TSE and the SEAC Secretariat, Animal Disease Control (ADC) became one of the four divisions within TSE and Zoonoses. In 2005 this became TB Division.

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