Corn flakes Corn flakes Corn flakes, or cornflakes, is a breakfast cereal made by toasting flakes of corn (maize). The cereal was created by John Harvey Kellogg in 1894 as a food that he thought would be healthy for the patients of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan where he was superintendent. The breakfast cereal proved popular among the patients and the Kellogg Company (Kellogg's) was set up by Dr. John's brother, Will Kellogg, to produce corn flakes for the wider public. A patent for the process was granted in 1896. With corn flakes becoming popular in the wider community, a previous
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spain) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spain) The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food () also known as MAPAMA is a ministerial department of the Government of Spain. Its headquarters is in the Ministry of Agriculture Building, an emblematic nineteenth-century edifice located in Madrid, Spain. The Ministry is responsible for assigning Veterinary Surgeons to carry out checks in regard to the issuing of REGA Licences ("Registro de Explotación") a requirement for the ownership of horses on Spanish property and small holdings. This department included until 2018 the tasks of the former Ministry of Environment. These competences now belong to the