Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergencies, Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standards Division, Branch C: Registered Files (GZ Series)

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Details of MAF 439
Reference: MAF 439
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergencies, Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standards Division, Branch C: Registered Files (GZ Series)
Description:

This series contains records concerning the safeguarding of food supplies in peace-time emergencies. It includes original policy material on a contingency study of cereals. As well as this, the files also detail the scenario surrounding the effect of a 20% cut in cereal imports and the arrangements which might be needed to cope with any consequent shortages.
Date: 1975-1976
Arrangement:

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

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Emergency Services Divisions: Registered Files, Civil Emergencies and Food Supplies (CER Series) MAF 394
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: GZ series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Emergencies, Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Standards Division, 1974-1981
Physical description: 1 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

from 2004 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Custodial history: Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) became custodians of the series in 2002 when the newly formed department replaced MAFF.
Selection and destruction information: Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.2.2, documenting the impact of the state on the environment.
Accruals: Further accruals can be expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

In 1970, following an internal re-organisation, the Defence, Emergencies and Crop Improvement Division was established, having responsibility for administering the Agricultural Lime and Fertiliser Subsidy Schemes (both of which were intended to increase productive capacity of the land and so help guard against food shortage in the event of an emergency). Following further internal re-organisation, in 1981 this division was split up and an Emergencies Division dealing solely with emergency planning for food and agriculture was created.

Responsibility for this series now lies with the Building and Estates Management Division's Emergencies Unit.

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