public education on the collective responsibility of AVA, the food industry and the public in ensuring food safety. Ensuring resilience in food supply AVA helps to provide Singapore with an adequate and stable supply of food. It achieves this by diversifying the sources of supply to Singapore through efforts in the following areas: Approving new sources for importation of food by the private sector, Participating in trade missions to seek out new sources, Collaborating with the private sector, such as through AVA's agri-food Business Clusters in food sourcing. Singapore's local farms provide a small measure of the nation's vegetables, fish and egg supply. AVA helps local farms to optimise their production by assisting them to employ intensive farming systems and safe food production practices. On 19 May 2015 AVA stated that so far they had not received any feedback about fake rice, made of plastic. Safeguarding animal and plant health The AVA works to ensure that Singapore is free from exotic animal and plant health diseases. Animal health As the national authority for animal health, AVA administers a programme to prevent the introduction of animal diseases. The programme entails: Regulating the import of animals and their products, and implementing quarantine measures to prevent the introduction and spread of animal diseases in Singapore, Carrying out animal disease surveillance programmes to detect and control animal diseases, Providing services for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of animal diseases, Facilitating Singapore's international trade through export health certification, Emergency preparedness to detect exotic animal diseases early and implementing eradication and control measures to stop the transmission of such diseases in Singapore. Plant protection To safeguard the health of plants in Singapore, AVA administers a programme to control or prevent the incursion of diseases and pests. The plant health programme includes: Regulating and inspecting imported plants and plant products and implementing quarantine and surveillance programmes to prevent the introduction and establishment of plant pests and diseases in Singapore, Providing services for the control of exotic and endemic plant diseases and pests to protect the plant trade and industry, and the environment, Certification of export plants and plant products for freedom from pests and diseases. Safeguarding animal welfare The AVA safeguards the welfare of animals in Singapore by enforcing regulations to protect animals against cruel treatment and educating the public on responsible pet ownership. The Responsible Pet Ownership Public Education Programme was launched in 2004 to attain