Facts
In mid-July 2009, the respondent [Y.] sold 48 pigs from his pig fattening operation to a middleman for food production. During the meat inspection, health disorders were found in twelve pigs, and the meat of four animals was declared unfit for consumption. [Y.] failed to inform the control authorities about the health disorders of the animals during slaughter and falsely declared that the animals were not sick and had not received any medication. Although he was aware of the impaired health condition of two pigs, he did not take any measures to have the animals treated or to have them euthanized prematurely. [Y.] did not notice two other pigs with clearly visible health disorders, even though he checked them daily.Considerations
The Federal Court states that in the case of omission of care measures for animals in a fattening unit, multiple offenses must be assumed. Even if the health disorders in two pigs were not obvious, [Y.] cannot be…