Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and predecessors: Commercial Control Correspondence and Papers

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Reference: MAF 36
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and predecessors: Commercial Control Correspondence and Papers
Description:

Records of the activities of the Board of Agriculture and its successors under legislation to protect farmers and consumers in relation to the quality of commodities purchased, including minutes and reports of various committees and sub-committees set up under relevant acts.

Includes some files re-registered from the CCB file series (MAF 119), MM file series (MAF 210), SDB file series (MAF 273) and the SDS file series: MAF 370

Date: 1893-1957
Related material:

For records of the Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standing Advisory Committee (FAC file series) see MAF 381

Separated material:

Some files from the RFS file series re-registered as AFS files; see MAF 311

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: RFS file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 311 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Administrative / biographical background:

Significant acts with regard to this series include:

The Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Act, 1926, the Seeds Act, 1920, the Seeds (Amendment) Act, 1925, the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, the Food and Drugs Act, 1899, Milk and Dairies Acts, the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908, and the Sale of Food (Weights and Measures) Act, 1926.

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