The Food and Veterinary Agency (FVA) is the central competent authority responsible for performing tasks related to:

• food and feed safety;
• implementation, control, surveillance and monitoring of veterinary activities in the field of animal health and welfare;
• veterinary public health, including veterinary medicinal products, animal feedstuffs and animal by-products;
• control of National Reference Laboratories and authorised laboratories supporting the needs of the FVA;
• control of the quality of food, except for primary agricultural production of food of non-animal origin;
• official controls of feed and food of animal and non-animal origin – during production, processing, storage, transport, trade, import and export.

The FVA is the policy-making authority responsible for coordination of the legislation and control systems in the field of food and feed safety between the relevant institutions in the Republic of North Macedonia, as well as the competent institution for communication with the European institutions responsible for food and feed safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy.