Animal and Plant Health Agency

Animal and Plant Health Agency
Welsh: Asiantaeth Iechyd Anifeiliaid a Phlanhigion
Agency overview
Formed 2014 (2014)
Preceding
  • Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
Headquarters Weybridge, Surrey
Employees 2,300
Agency executive
  • Chris Hadkiss, Chief Executive
Parent department Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Website www.gov.uk/government/organisations/animal-and-plant-health-agency

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), formerly known as the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

It was formed in its current state on 1 October 2014, when AHVLA was expanded by adding parts of the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA).[1] AHVLA had originally been established on 1 April 2011 by a merger of two former agencies, Animal Health and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency.

The agency's main task is to protect the health and welfare of animals, as well as the general public, from disease. It conducts work across Great Britain on behalf of DEFRA, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Combined agency to safeguard animal and plant health". gov.uk.
  2. ↑ "About us". Defra.
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