Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests

What Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests does

Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests (PVD) is the Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Latvia, a state administrative authority operating under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is designated under Latvian law and EU Regulation 2017/625 as the sole competent authority for official controls in food safety, animal health, animal welfare, veterinary surveillance, plant health, feed safety, and border control of consignments subject to official veterinary, phytosanitary, and food control. Its constituency comprises every registered food business operator, farmer, veterinarian, importer, and exporter active in Latvia, together with the wider Latvian public as beneficiaries of the regulatory regime.

The agency's operational product is the set of mandated official controls and surveillance activities: registration and approval of food business operators, monitoring of zoonoses and transmissible animal diseases, official sampling and inspection programmes, border controls at designated BCPs, and maintenance of national registers including the food business register, animal register, veterinary medicinal products register, and pet animal register. PVD works in conjunction with affiliated state laboratories (notably BIOR) for analytical testing. It currently employs approximately 158 staff across 11 territorial administrations plus dedicated border control points. Underway are several digital and capacity-building initiatives: the eVETIS veterinary information system, digitalization of the veterinary medicinal product registration process, an antimicrobial resistance data collection programme (2022–2027), participation in BOMCA Phase 10 border management, and EU Twinning projects with Georgia and Uzbekistan.

The business model is that of a government budgetary institution. PVD is funded through state budget appropriations and EU project grants (twinning, BOMCA, AMR programme), while statutory service fees and charges accrue to the Latvian State Treasury rather than functioning as commercial revenue. There is no commercial pricing model, sales motion, or revenue-generating product line; service delivery is mandated by EU and national legislation and is therefore demand-inelastic.

Name

Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests

Legal name

Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests

Website

https://pvd.gov.lv

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests (PVD) is Latvia's state Food and Veterinary Service under the Ministry of Agriculture, acting as the sole competent authority for official food safety, animal health, veterinary, plant health, and border controls across 11 territorial offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Safety & Veterinary Regulation

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194), Support Activities for Animal Production (1152)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Veterinary Regulatory Authorities (Licensing, Compliance & Enforcement) (HLAMAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Safety & Veterinary Public Health (Meat/Milk Inspection) (HLAMAJAJ), Regulatory, Certification & Compliance Veterinary Services (Health Papers, QA Programs) (AFACADAJ), Veterinary Public Health, Biosecurity & Disease Control Services (AFAEANAI), Disease Surveillance, Sampling & Outbreak Response (Monitoring, Reporting, Containment) (AFACALAD)

Keywords

• Food safety regulation
• Veterinary surveillance
• Border control inspections
• Veterinary medicines authorization
• Official controls

Headquarters

HQ city

Riga

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Regulatory Fees and Fines: State fees collected for official services including food business registrations, veterinary medicine authorizations, import/export certifications, and fines for regulatory violations. Revenue flows to State Treasury.
2. License Fees: Fees for special permits (licenses) for veterinary pharmaceutical activities and other regulated services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests is the Latvian state regulatory authority that conducts official controls across four domains: food surveillance (monitoring food businesses for compliance with safety regulations), veterinary surveillance (animal disease control, welfare inspections, and veterinary establishment registration), border control (veterinary, phytosanitary, and food safety inspections at border points), and veterinary medicines authorization (registration, surveillance, and adverse-reaction monitoring of veterinary medicinal products). It also issues export certifications, registers food supplements, and participates in the EU RASFF rapid alert network via integrated digital systems.

Product overview

Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests (Food and Veterinary Service) is a Latvian government regulatory authority that provides regulatory and administrative services rather than commercial products. The service portfolio consists of official control and surveillance services organized around four core areas: Food Surveillance (monitoring food businesses and food safety compliance), Veterinary Surveillance (animal health, welfare, and disease control), Border Control (import/export inspections at border points), and Veterinary Medicines Authorization. Supporting these core services are digital systems including eVETIS for veterinary medicines procedures and participation in the EU RASFF rapid alert network. The agency also provides public e-services for business registration, certificate requests, and regulatory submissions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Surveillance Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Full EU regulatory compliance for food safety and veterinary standards
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• European CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperates under EU regulatory framework including Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 on general food law, Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 on pet movement, and coordinates with EFSA for food safety risk assessments. Participates in EU programs including Better Training for Safer Food initiative.
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates on novel food authorization procedures, submits national zoonosis reports, and participates in EFSA data collection on biological hazards
• Latvian Border Guard ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on BOMCA (Border Management Programme in Central Asia) projects for EU border management capacity building in Central Asian countries
• State Revenue Service (SRS) LatviacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinates customs procedures, IMSOC system usage, and risk management for import/transit procedures at border control points
• Other EU Member StatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMutual recognition of certifications, coordination on RASFF notifications, shared TRACES system for veterinary and phytosanitary certificates, and consultation on novel food authorization

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA): Dutch integrated authority overseeing food safety, animal health, and product safety with substantial inspection capacity. Comparable mandate but operates at much greater scale and includes consumer product oversight beyond PVD's scope.
• ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety): France's national agency covering food safety, animal health, and risk assessment with laboratory and research capabilities. Overlaps PVD's mandate but extends well beyond into environmental and occupational health, plus significant risk-assessment authority.
• Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) Germany: Germany's federal coordination body for food safety and veterinary controls, with a much broader portfolio and federal-state implementation model. Functions as a larger-scale analogue of PVD's coordinating role within a federal structure.

Direct peers

• Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto): Finland's national food safety and veterinary regulatory authority, performing the same competent authority functions across food surveillance, animal health, and border control as PVD. Operates with an integrated mandate under Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and connects to the same EU TRACES/RASFF infrastructure.
• Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket): Sweden's national food safety regulator with EU-aligned mandate covering food control, animal health coordination, and emergency response. Comparable institutional scope and EU regulatory integration.
• Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen): Denmark's integrated food and veterinary regulatory authority operating under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. Performs the same combined food surveillance, animal health, and border control mandate as PVD within the EU framework.
• State Food and Veterinary Service of Lithuania (VMVT): Lithuania's competent authority for food safety, veterinary, and phytosanitary controls. Operates regional administrations similar to PVD's 11-territory structure and shares the same Baltic/ASF-endemic operational realities.
• Estonian Veterinary and Food Board (PTA): Estonia's counterpart to PVD, providing official controls in food safety, animal health, and border inspection. Shares the same Baltic regional context, EU regulatory framework, and small-agency operating model, making it the most directly comparable peer.

Others

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): EU-level risk assessment body that PVD directly coordinates with on novel food authorization, zoonosis reporting, and biological hazard data collection. Functions as PVD's EU-level counterpart rather than a competitor, but represents the broader regulatory ecosystem PVD operates within.

Regional players

• UK Food Standards Agency: UK's non-ministerial food safety regulator with comparable mandate to PVD's food surveillance function. While operating outside the EU post-Brexit, it remains a close institutional peer in terms of regulatory design and inspection-based enforcement model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pvd_gov_lv
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/PVDfilmas/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/PVDienests
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/p%C4%81rtikas-un-veterin%C4%81rais-dienests

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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