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The duties of environmental health care in the administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland will be transferred from Regional State Administrative Agencies to the Finnish Food Authority as of 1 January 2026. The pages related to certain animal and food-related notifications, permits and services can be found on the ruokavirasto.fi website in the future.
More information: Administrative duties shifted to the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto.fi, in English), press release 19 June 2025 (avi.fi, in Finnish).
More information: Administrative duties shifted to the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto.fi, in English), press release 19 June 2025 (avi.fi, in Finnish).
At the Regional State Administrative Agency, we ensure that local authorities provide veterinary services and undertake enforcement of the health and welfare of animals as required in the Veterinary Care Act. We undertake enforcement for instance through evaluation and steering visits and by reviewing reports from local authorities.
The Regional State Administrative Agency for Lapland supervises compliance with the Reindeer Husbandry Act and provisions and regulations issued on its basis.
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