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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. ==Functions== 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: * Review of production systems and practices at source, * Risk assessment and the setting of food safety and food labelling standards, * Tagging of consignments of primary produce to trace sources, and food labelling to facilitate recall, * Inspection of primary produce and processed food at the points of entry into Singapore, * Pre and post-slaughter inspections at local abattoirs, * Inspection and accreditation of source farms, abattoirs, food-processing factories, both local and overseas, * Monitoring and surveillance programmes for food-borne hazards in primary and processed food, * Laboratory testing capabilities for detecting and analysing pathogens and chemical contaminants in livestock, frozen and chilled meat, live and chilled fish, vegetables, fruits, eggs and processed food, * Promoting the adoption of good agricultural and manufacturing practices, and food safety assurance systems by the food industry, * Close rapport with other national authorities, * Close monitoring of world situation for developments in food safety and potential threats. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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