Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office

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federal office of Switzerland government agency

The Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office is a Swiss government authority responsible for protecting public health and animal welfare by overseeing food safety, animal health, and animal protection regulations.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal office of Switzerland → government agency →
abbreviation	BLV → FSVO → OSAV → USAV →
aimsTo	ensure safe food from farm to table → prevent and control animal diseases transmissible to humans →
cooperatesWith	European Food Safety Authority → Federal Office for Agriculture → Federal Office of Public Health → World Organisation for Animal Health → cantonal food control authorities → cantonal veterinary authorities →
country	Switzerland →
headquartersLocation	Bern →
jurisdiction	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) → surface form: "Swiss Confederation"
languageOfWork	French → German → Italian →
locatedIn	Canton of Bern NERFINISHED → Switzerland →
mandate	protection of animal health → protection of animal welfare → protection of human health in relation to food and feed →
nativeName	Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office → surface form: "Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen" Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office → surface form: "Office fédéral de la sécurité alimentaire et des affaires vétérinaires" Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office → surface form: "Ufficio federale della sicurezza alimentare e di veterinaria"
oversees	implementation of Swiss animal welfare law → implementation of Swiss epizootic diseases law → implementation of Swiss food law →
partOf	Federal Department of Home Affairs →
regulates	animal experimentation (within Swiss legal framework) → foodstuffs placed on the Swiss market → import and export of animals and animal products →
responsibleFor	animal health → animal protection legislation → animal welfare → control of epizootic diseases in animals → food safety → public health protection in relation to food → regulation of veterinary medicinal products (shared competences) → veterinary public health →
sector	animal welfare policy → food safety regulation → veterinary services →
supervises	border veterinary inspections → official food control system in Switzerland →
website	https://www.blv.admin.ch →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vetsuisse Faculty → collaboratesWith → Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office →

Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office → nativeName → Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office →

this entity surface form: "Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen"

Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office → nativeName → Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office →

this entity surface form: "Office fédéral de la sécurité alimentaire et des affaires vétérinaires"

Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office → nativeName → Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office →

this entity surface form: "Ufficio federale della sicurezza alimentare e di veterinaria"

Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research → oversees → Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office →

this entity surface form: "Federal Office for Agriculture"

Federal Department of Home Affairs → oversees → Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office →

this entity surface form: "Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs"