Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was an HM Government department responsible for the production of food, food standards, agriculture and fishing.
It was originally founded in 1889 as the Board of Agriculture. It was renamed to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1903, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1919, before finally becoming the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1955.
The ministry was dissolved in 2001, being merged with part of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions to create the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Category:Government agencies in the United Kingdom
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