Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Health Division IV: Registered files (DJ series).

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Details of MAF 447
Reference: MAF 447
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Animal Health Division IV: Registered files (DJ series).
Description:

The records in this series cover negotiations over international meat hygiene policies including EEC negotiations and participation by the department in the EEC Veterinary Steering Group, the Meat Hygiene Working Group and the International Office of Epizootics.

Date: 1971-1984
Former reference in its original department: DJ file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health Division IV, 1972-1982

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Meat Hygiene Division, 1982-2000

Physical description: 7 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2005 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Custodial history: Responsibility transferred to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) when the new department was created.
Accumulation dates: 1971-1987
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Animal Health Division IV was set up in 1972 with responsibility for the regulation of meat hygiene and the development of corresponding EEC negotiations. It was renamed the Meat Hygiene Division in 1982 although it retained responsibility for international aspects of animal health matters.

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