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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak 1967-68: Registered Files (CQ File Series)
| Reference: | MAF 471 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak 1967-68: Registered Files (CQ File Series) |
| Description: |
The series contains the evidence submitted to the Committee of Inquiry into the 1967/68 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak including notes, agendas and minutes of meetings. |
| Date: | 1967-1969 |
| Separated material: |
See also Subseries within MAF 287 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | CQ file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Health Division I, 1965-1987 |
| Physical description: | 34 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2018 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Accumulation dates: | 1968-1969 |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are expected |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1967 the Minister of Agriculture announced his intention to set up an independent committee of inquiry to examine both policy and arrangements for dealing with Foot and Mouth and to advise whether changes were necessary. The Committee received both written and oral evidence with a final report detailing the Committee’s recommendations being published in 1969. |
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