Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food From Britain Council Meetings

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Reference: MAF 475
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Food From Britain Council Meetings
Description:

This series covers the minutes of the Food From Britain (FFB) Council meetings.
Date: 1990-2009
Related material:

FFBs annual reports, accounts, minutes of Executive Board Meetings and appointment of chairman and members of FFB have been maintained on MAC series MAF 316
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: FFBCM file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-

Food from Britain Council, 1983-2009

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
Physical description: 5 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 2013 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Custodial history: MAFF until 2001 when the department was renamed as DEFRA.
Accumulation dates: 1990 to 2009
Selection and destruction information: Operational Selection Policy 35 - Board and committee records.
Accruals: Series is not accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Food from Britain (FFB) came into existence on 23 March 1983 with the dissolution of the Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation. The functions of the Central Council transferred to FFB under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1983. It was established as a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) by the Act 'to improve the marketing of food produced or processed in the United Kingdom and of other agricultural produce of the United Kingdom'.

FFB managed DEFRA's relationship with the food sector and food stakeholders; covering food aspects of emergency planning; regional and local food policy; providing a single contact point for DEFRA's input to other food policy areas, such as health, labelling, competition and assurance schemes. FFB were sponsored by DEFRA and come under the Food and Farming Group.

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