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The agency was first announced on 26 July 2018 as a consolidation of all food-related functions of the Singapore government, which had previously been carried out by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). As part of this move, the National Centre for ...
The system was first conceived by the Pro-Enterprise Panel, a joint public-private sector panel chaired by the Head of Civil Service, Singapore. The panel received business feedback to cut red-tape in making it easy to start businesses in Singapore. Small and medium enterprises were the main target of the OBLS project due to their large number.
On April 1, 2019, NEA's food related duties were absorbed by its successor Singapore Food Agency (SFA) which also absorbed the food related duties of two other statutory boards namely Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA). SFA is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the ...
Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), formed on 1 April 2000 to regulate food and veterinary issues. Dissolved into Singapore Food Agency (SFA) for food issues and National Parks Board (NParks) for veterinary issues on 1 April 2019
The department was restructured into a statutory board, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority, on 1 April 2000. [3] The Food Control Division (formerly part of the Ministry of the Environment) was added to the AVA in July 2002. [4] It regulated food safety, safeguarded animal and plant health, and facilitated the agri-food and fisheries trade ...
Government of Singapore: Headquarters: 40 Scotts Road #24-00, Environment Building, Singapore 228231: Motto: Sustainable Singapore: Employees: 4,493 (2018) [1] Annual budget: S$2.75 billion (2019) [1] Ministers responsible
The Specialty Food Association, Inc. (SFA) is membership-based trade association in the United States representing 3,000+ member companies. [1] The SFA was established in 1952 to foster trade, commerce and interest in the specialty food industry in the U.S., worth $148 billion as of May 2020.
Agriculture in Singapore is a small industry, composing about 0.5% of the total GDP, within the city-state of Singapore. Singapore's reliance on imports for about 90% of its food underscores the paramount importance of food security. To address this, Singapore has set a goal to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030. [1]