Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Farm Animal Welfare Council: Registered Files (AWC Series)

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Reference: MAF 442
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Farm Animal Welfare Council: Registered Files (AWC Series)
Description:

This series contains all the papers relating to the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC): secretariat papers, correspondence and minutes of meetings.
Date: 1979-2010
Arrangement:

Records are arranged alpha-numerically according to their file reference.
Related material:

For registered files of the Animal Health Division II and its successors see: MAF 369
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AWC
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health Division II, 1965-1987

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Welfare and Protection Division, 1989-1992

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Welfare Division, 1987-1989

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Welfare Division, 1992-2001
Physical description: 174 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2005 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Custodial history: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) became custodians of the series in 2001 when the newly formed department replaced the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF).
Accumulation dates: Series was opened in 1979 and is still in use.
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:

In 1938 the Diseases of Animals Division was named the Animal Health Division, taking over the related functions of the Livestock Division. The Animal Health Division divided into two separate divisions in 1965, into three in 1968 and finally into four in 1972. The second dealing with animal welfare, the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 and pig and poultry health schemes. Following re-organisation of the Animal Health Group in 1987, Division II was split with the welfare functions (including the Secretariat of the Farm Animal Welfare Council) forming a new Animal Welfare Division. In 1989 the Animal Welfare and Animal Medicine Divisions were joined to form an Animal Welfare and Protection Division. Further restructuring in 1992 created an Animal Health Division dealing with animal health on farms, in markets and in transit. This also provided the secretariat for the Farm Animal Welfare Council.

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