Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the federal agricultural office acted unlawfully by extending a permit requirement to non-agricultural fertilizers containing animal meal
Extrahierter Entscheid
The measure had a sufficient legal basis and was lawful as a protective, subsidiary public-health and environmental measure.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court relied on the environmental and pesticides/fertilizer control framework and held that the office could take necessary protective steps to prevent dangerous fertilizers from being marketed, even without an express fertilizer regulation change.