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Catalogue description Central Science Laboratory: Slough Laboratory Administration: Registered Files (SLA Series)
| Reference: | MAF 807 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Central Science Laboratory: Slough Laboratory Administration: Registered Files (SLA Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records relating to the Central Science Laboratory Ownership Board and the future structure of the Laboratory |
| Date: | 1992-1997 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | SLA Prefix |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Central Science Laboratory, 1992-2009 |
| Physical description: | 11 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2022 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Custodial history: | Central Science Laboratory 2001 – 2009, Food and Environment Research Agency 2009 – 2015, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from 2015 |
| Accumulation dates: | 1992-1997 |
| Selection and destruction information: | 3.1.2 – The Structures and Decision-Making Process in Government |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Central Science Laboratory (CSL) was officially launched in 1992 as an Executive Agency of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). In 1994 a larger agency was created merging CSL with the Food Science Laboratories of MAFF’s Food Safety Directorate. CSL was responsible for the delivery of science in support of Government objectives. A new facility which brought together all of the previous laboratory facilities was created at Sand Hutton in York in 1996. In 2009 a new Food and Environment Research Agency was launched at the Sand Hutton site |
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