ava was disbanded on 1 april 2019 with its food related duties absorbed by singapore food agency (sfa) which also absorbed the duties of two other statutory boards namely national environment agency (nea) and health sciences authority (hsa). all non-food plant and animal-related functions of the ava were transferred to the national parks board (nparks) under animal and veterinary service (avs). sfa is a stat board under the ministry of the environment and water resources.