Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Zootechnics EU Rules re Pedigree Animals and the Recognition of Breed Societies (ZOOT Series) Files

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Reference: MAF 706
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Zootechnics EU Rules re Pedigree Animals and the Recognition of Breed Societies (ZOOT Series) Files
Description:

Records selected in this series reflect policy, discussion and development in respect of

  • Horse Passport Regulations;
  • Introduction of the National Equine Database;
  • Horse Breed Working Group;
  • Shadow NED Board; and
  • Review of passport issuing organisations.
Date: 1999-2007
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: ZOOT series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Meat Hygiene Division, 1982-2000
Physical description: 24 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 2015 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Selection and destruction information: Records Collection Policy 3.1 Policy and Administrative Purposes of the State: the formulation of policy and its execution.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

Following accession to the EEC, the divisions dealing with meat matters were reorganised along product lines rather than subjects and the duties of the Division responsible for livestock covered, among other things, the oversight of the import and export of livestock to ensure the maintenance and improvement of the UK's breeding stock.

In 2002, the Commission Decision 2000/68/EC was announced with the intention to prevent horses being slaughtered for human consumption which had been administered with medicines in the previous six months that had not been authorised for use in food producing animals. One of the main requirements of the Decision was to require all horses to have passports. Policy surrounding this decision and its implementation within the UK fell to the Pets and Quarantine Branch of International Trade Division. Alongside the issue of horse passports was the setting up of a National Equine Database.

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