The main task of the FSVO is to actively promote the health and well-being of humans and animals. The central pillars of this approach are food safety and healthy eating for humans, and animal health and welfare for animals.

More information: http://www.blv.admin.ch/

22 datasets found

  • Food inspection

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    The cantonal food enforcement authorities and the Principality of Liechtenstein inspect establishments and foodstuffs and report the results to the FSVO. Most of these official...

    Last updated: May 1, 2025

    • CSV
    • food
    • inspection
  • Animal experimentation: Completed experiments

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Science and technology

    According to Article 20a of the Animal Welfare Act, the statistics on completed experiments include all animal uses over the entire duration of a licensed project. If animals are...

    Last updated: September 17, 2025

    • CSV
    • animal-experimentation
  • Animal experimentation: Laboratory animal facilities

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Science and technology

    Since 2014, animals bred in animal facilities or imported for experimental purposes have also been recorded. Animal facilities require a cantonal license. The breeding of...

    Last updated: September 17, 2025

    • CSV
    • animal-experimentation
  • Animal experimentation: Licences

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Science and technology

    In Switzerland, animal experimentation requires an authorisation from the cantonal authorities. Animal experimentation is defined as any measure carried out on living animals for...

    Last updated: September 17, 2025

    • CSV
    • animal-experimentation
    • licences
  • Animal experimentation: Statistics

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Science and technology

    The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) according to Article 36 of the Animal Welfare Act is required to publish annual statistics on animal experimentation in...

    Last updated: September 17, 2025

    • CSV
    • animal-experimentation
    • statistics
  • Salz in Fertiggerichten

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Science and technology

    Die Schweizer Bevölkerung konsumiert deutlich mehr Salz als die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) empfiehlt. Zu viel Salz kann sich negativ auf den Blutdruck auswirken und damit...

    Last updated: August 19, 2025

    • CSV
  • Erklärung von Mailand: Zucker in verarbeiteten Lebensmitteln

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Science and technology

    Viele verarbeitete Lebensmittel weisen einen hohen Zuckergehalt auf, auch solche, die als gesund wahrgenommen werden. Zu viel Zucker kann der Gesundheit schaden. Deshalb setzt sich...

    Last updated: August 19, 2025

    • CSV
  • Monitoring wild birds for avian influenza (AI)

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    Avian influenza (AI) is a highly contagious and acute viral disease that mainly affects poultry species such as chickens and turkeys. Wild birds are considered to be the natural...

    Last updated: December 16, 2024

    • CSV
    • JSON
    • SPARQL
    • animal-disease
    • veterinary
    • monitoring
    • animal
  • Lumpy skin disease (Dermatitis nodularis)

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    Lumpy-Skin-Krankheit (Lumpy Skin Disease, LSD) ist eine Viruskrankheit des Rindes, die durch Insekten übertragen wird. Sie verursacht Hautveränderungen, rückläufige...

    Last updated: July 3, 2025

    • KML
    • animal-disease
    • veterinary
    • animal
  • menuCH: Consumption quantities and portion sizes

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Science and technology

    Wann immer ein Lebensmittel gegessen wurde, gilt dies als Portion. In dieser Auswertung wurden sowohl die Anzahl verzehrter Portionen als auch die Menge pro Portion nach...

    Last updated: September 14, 2022

    • XLS
    • portion-sizes
    • food
    • nutrition
  • BVD traffic light

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    Livestock traffic is intensive in Switzerland. As a result, even isolated cases of BVD can quickly lead to major outbreaks. To prevent this and to ensure that cattle holdings are...

    Last updated:

    • CSV
    • animal-disease
    • veterinary
    • control
  • Notifications of epizootics in Switzerland

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    Die Datenbank InfoSM (= Informationssystem Seuchenmeldungen) des BLV enthält Angaben zu sämtlichen Ausbrüchen meldepflichtiger Tierseuchen in der Schweiz seit 1991. Um die Daten...

    Last updated: March 2, 2023

    • SPARQL
    • CSV
  • Studie: Kommunikation von wissenschaftlich fundierten Sachverhalten

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food, Science and technology

    Das Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprojekt «Wie können wissenschaftlich fundierte Sachverhalte glaubwürdig, nachhaltig, zielgruppengerecht und zielführend kommuniziert werden?»...

    Last updated: December 1, 2021

    • XLS
  • National eradication of foot-rot in sheep

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    Am 1. Oktober 2024 begann die schweizweite Bekämpfung der Moderhinke. Diese ansteckende und schmerzhafte Krankheit befällt vor allem Schafe. Das Bundesamt für...

    Last updated: February 12, 2025

    • CSV
    • animal-disease
    • veterinary
    • eradication
  • Index of phytosanitary products

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    Die bewilligten Pflanzenschutzmittel werden im Pflanzenschutzmittelverzeichnis aufgelistet. Das Verzeichnis enthält Angaben zur vorgesehenen Anwendung, zu...

    Last updated: June 21, 2018

    • XML
  • Meat control statistic

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    All animals that are to be slaughtered in an approved slaughterhouse must be examined before slaughter by an official enforcement person (ante-mortem inspection). After slaughter,...

    Last updated: August 27, 2024

    • CSV
    • JSON
    • PARQUET
    • meat
    • control
    • slaughter
    • animal
  • menuCH: Food consumption in Switzerland

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Science and technology

    Die im Rahmen von menuCH erhobenen Daten sind sowohl für die Wissenschaft als auch für die Öffentlichkeit von grosser Bedeutung. Sie werden daher zusammen mit vom BLV oder im...

    Last updated: September 7, 2022

    • XLS
    • consumption
    • food-group
    • food
    • nutrition
  • Composition of food

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    The Swiss Food Composition Database is a data collection of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO on the composition of foods that are available in Switzerland.

    Last updated: September 10, 2002

    • API
    • XLS
    • nutrition
    • food
    • nutritional-value
    • nutrient-content
  • Reference values ​​for nutrient

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Population and society, Health, Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food

    Basierend auf einem wissenschaftlichen Bericht der «Haute école de santé de Genève» und der Stellungnahme der Eidgenössischen Ernährungskommission veröffentlicht das BLV nun die...

    Last updated: December 7, 2022

    • CSV
    • PDF
    • nutriment
    • reference-value
    • food
    • phases-of-life
  • Foodstuff businesses

    Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
    Health, Economy and finance

    Businesses which manufacture, process, handle, store or distribute foodstuffs of animal origin must be authorised. This authorisation is issued by the relevant cantonal authority....

    Last updated: May 29, 2024

    • CSV
    • food
    • business
    • authorisation
    • export