Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
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| Formed | April 1, 2000 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Singapore |
| Headquarters | 52 Jurong Gateway Road, #14-01, Singapore 608550 |
| Annual budget | $125.75 million SGD (2014) |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of National Development |
| Website | www |
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) was established on 1 April 2000. It ensures a supply of safe food, safeguards the health of animals and plants and facilitates agri-trade for the well-being of the nation.
AVA's key functions are to ensure food safety, ensure a resilient food supply, safeguard animal and plant health, safeguard animal welfare, promote agrotechnology, invest in research and development and protect wildlife.
AVA is the national authority on food safety for both primary and processed food. AVA ensures the safety of all food from production to just before retail. AVA adopts a science-based risk analysis and management approach based on international standards to evaluate and ensure food safety.
The components of AVA's food safety system includes:
The food safety system is backed up by enforcement of food safety standards through a legal framework as well as through food safety public education on the collective responsibility of AVA, the food industry and the public in ensuring food safety.
AVA helps to provide Singapore with an adequate and stable supply of food. It achieves this by diversifying the sources of supply to Singapore through efforts in the following areas:
Singapore's local farms provide a small measure of the nation's vegetables, fish and egg supply. AVA helps local farms to optimise their production by assisting them to employ intensive farming systems and safe food production practices.
On 19 May 2015 AVA stated that so far they did not received any feedback about Fake rice, made of plastic.
The AVA works to ensure that Singapore is free from exotic animal and plant health diseases.
As the national authority for animal health, AVA administers a programme to prevent the introduction of animal diseases.
The programme entails:
To safeguard the health of plants in Singapore, AVA administers a programme to control or prevent the incursion of diseases and pests.
The plant health programme includes:
The AVA safeguards the welfare of animals in Singapore by enforcing regulations to protect animals against cruel treatment and educating the public on responsible pet ownership. The Responsible Pet Ownership Public Education Programme was launched in 2004 to attain the two objectives of promoting responsible pet ownership and to tackle the strays issue. Working closely with animal welfare organisations, AVA aims to drive home the message of "A Pet is for Life".
The challenge of maximising productivity from limited agricultural land and sea is addressed by agro-technology and agri-biotechnology. By providing technical expertise and consultancy services AVA is making investments in new sources of food supply for Singapore.
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