Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Committee of Enquiry on Rabies: Registered Files (CQA Series)

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Reference: MAF 436
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Committee of Enquiry on Rabies: Registered Files (CQA Series)
Description:

The series contains the working papers and report of the Committee of Enquiry on Rabies set up by MAFF in 1970. The committee made its final report in June 1971.
Date: 1970-1971
Arrangement:

The records are arranged alpha-numerically according to their file references.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CQA
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health Division I, 1965-1987
Physical description: 6 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2005 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Custodial history: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food until 2001 when the department became the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Accumulation dates: Series was opened in 1970 and ended in 1971.
Selection and destruction information: Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.2.2, documenting the impact of the state on the environment.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

This series was opened by the Animal Health Division and covers the Committee of Enquiry on Rabies set up by MAFF in 1970 to review the policy and precautions against rabies in UK and to make recommendations. The Committee was chaired by Ronald Waterhouse QC and a Final Report was published in June 1971 with recommendations falling into four main areas:

i. The control of imports of animals other than dogs and cats.

ii. The control of imports of domestic dogs and cats.

iii. The supervision and operation of arrangements for reception and transport of imported animals.

iv. The action to be taken for outbreaks of rabies outside quarantine.

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