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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office	5
Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen	4
Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs	4
Office fédéral de la sécurité alimentaire et des affaires vétérinaires	2
Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO)	1
Federal Office for Agriculture	1
Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office canonical	1
Ufficio federale della sicurezza alimentare e di veterinaria	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T735863 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
Context triple: [Vetsuisse Faculty, collaboratesWith, Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office]

A. Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety is the European Commission department responsible for EU policy on public health, food safety, and related consumer protection.
B. Vetsuisse Faculty
The Vetsuisse Faculty is the veterinary medicine faculty jointly operated by the University of Zurich and the University of Bern, providing education, research, and clinical services in animal health.
C. Swiss customs administration
The Swiss customs administration is the federal authority responsible for overseeing customs, border control, and the enforcement of trade and fiscal regulations in Switzerland.
D. Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
E. Food Safety and Inspection Service
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is a U.S. federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety, wholesomeness, and proper labeling of meat, poultry, and certain egg products.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
Target entity description: 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.

A. Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety is the European Commission department responsible for EU policy on public health, food safety, and related consumer protection.
B. Vetsuisse Faculty
The Vetsuisse Faculty is the veterinary medicine faculty jointly operated by the University of Zurich and the University of Bern, providing education, research, and clinical services in animal health.
C. Swiss customs administration
The Swiss customs administration is the federal authority responsible for overseeing customs, border control, and the enforcement of trade and fiscal regulations in Switzerland.
D. Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture is a German government ministry responsible for national policies on agriculture, food safety, rural development, and related environmental and consumer protection issues.
E. Food Safety and Inspection Service
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is a U.S. federal agency responsible for ensuring the safety, wholesomeness, and proper labeling of meat, poultry, and certain egg products.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

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	Swiss Confederation ⓘ linked to: Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
languageOfWork	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Canton of Bern ⓘ linked to: canton of Bern Switzerland ⓘ
mandate	protection of animal health ⓘ protection of animal welfare ⓘ protection of human health in relation to food and feed ⓘ
nativeName	Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office Office fédéral de la sécurité alimentaire et des affaires vétérinaires ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office Ufficio federale della sicurezza alimentare e di veterinaria ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office
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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Referenced by (19)

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

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

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