Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the border veterinary seizure and refusal of the fish shipment were lawful.
Decisione estratta
The seizure was lawful because there were sufficient indications of non-compliance with food and animal-health rules.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Supreme Court accepted the lower court's assessment that the official temperature measurements were reliable and that the private counter-measurements did not undermine them. Fresh fish had to be kept at ice-melt temperature, i.e. no more than 2°C, and the shipment exceeded that threshold.