Key legal question
Whether the ban on feeding hemp to livestock was arbitrary or contrary to economic freedom and Art. 5(5) of the Feedstuffs Ordinance.
Extracted holding
No. The federal court held that the ban on feeding hemp to livestock is based on sufficient legal authority and that Art. 5(5) does not govern departmental use prohibitions.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 5(5) concerns withdrawal of approval of listed feedstuffs, not the departmental prohibition on use. Under Art. 23a of the Feedstuffs Ordinance, the department may prohibit use. The challenged ban therefore did not violate the cited ordinance provision or constitutional freedom of trade and industry.