The Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration was created in 2022 by bringing together most of the food chain control bodies in a single administration.
Following the logic of Regulation 2017/625 which defines common and uniform criteria for all controls in the agri-food chain, the ALVA is made up of the following pre-existing units:
- Administration of Veterinary Services
- Food Safety Division of the National Health Directorate
- Feed Control Department of the Administration of Agricultural Technical Services
- Government Commissariat for Quality, Fraud and Food Safety
ALVA's tasks are defined in the law of 8 September 2022 on the creation and organisation of the Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration.