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Ordinance on the implementation of federal legislation on food and objects for daily use in the sphere of slaughtering, meat inspection as well as on provisions on determination of slaughtering weight (Meat Inspection Ordinance).

Country
Type of law
Regulation
Source


Abstract
The present Ordinance implements, inter alia, the Federal Act on foodstuff and articles of daily use of 9 October 1992, the Ordinance on slaughtering and meat inspection of 23 November 2005. In particular, article 1 establishes that the Finance and Health Office shall be entrusted with the enforcement of the present Ordinance. The text consists of 12 articles as follows: Organization of implementation (1); Finance and Health Office (2); Cantonal veterinary (3); Cantonal chemist (4); Weighing of carcasses (5); Competence and cooperation with foodstuff inspection offices (6); Limitation of activity (7); Official secret (8); Emergency slaughtering (9); Non-edible meat (10); Repeal (11); Entry into force (12).
Date of text
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 June 2011.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Verordnung über den Vollzug der Bundesgesetzgebung über Lebensmittel und Gebrauchsgegenstände im Bereich des Schlachtens, der Fleischkontrolle sowie der Bestimmungen über das Schlachtgewicht (Fleischkontrollverordnung).
Repeals