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- 2003-2008 (Creation)
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1 envelope
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Documents relating to pesticides, their risks and control in relation to bees and beekeeping. Organisational bodies referenced include the Pesticides Safety Directorate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Food Standards Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF).
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- English
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Based in York, the Pesticides Safety Directorate was an agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and was responsible for the authorisation of plant protection products and, from 2005, detergents, in the United Kingdom. In April 2008, the Pesticides Safety Directorate joined the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and in April 2009 became part of the HSE's newly formed Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD). (Wikipedia (paraphrased))
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Founded in 2000, the Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the British Government. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest. (Wikipedia (paraphrased)) See, for example: https://www.food.gov.uk/
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The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (at that time the ministry was known as the Board of Agriculture, then, from 1903, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and from 1919 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries). It attained its final name in 1955 with the addition of responsibilities for the British food industry to the existing responsibilities for agriculture and the fishing industry, a name that lasted until the Ministry was dissolved in 2002, at which point its responsibilities had been merged into the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). (Wikipedia (paraphrased))
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments each have devolved responsibilities for these matters in their respective nations. (Wikipedia (paraphrased)). See, for example: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs