Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Waste Disposal: Registered files (AWD prefix)

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Reference: MAF 657
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Waste Disposal: Registered files (AWD prefix)
Description:

The records relate to the Revision of the Animal Waste Directive 90/667; Implementation of EU Animal By Products Regulations; minutes and papers of the Fallen Stock Working Group

Date: 1994-2004
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Originals held at:

The National Archives, Kew

Former reference in its original department: AWD
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, 1991-2001

Physical description: 42 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2018 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Selection and destruction information: 3.1.1 The principal policies and actions of the UK central government and English and Welsh governments.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

This series was the responsibility of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division Branch C which was formed in 1992 to deal with all notifiable diseases except salmonella and BSE. The other Animal Health Sections were as follows at the time Meat Hygiene Division, which was created in 1982 Animal Health (International) Division dealing with import/export matters Animal Health and Welfare; Veterinary Sectiion dealing with BSE; TB and Brucellosis Animal Welfare Division dealing with animal welfare on farms, markets, transit; Animal Health (Zoonoses) Division dealing with salmonella in poultry. The function is currently with the Animal By Products Team, who deal with the EU review on animal by products controls, revising domestic animal by products regulations and implementing EU regulation.

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