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Food and Feed Code · Part 7 · Official control
Section 48

Provisions under Land law

§ 48 LFGB · Landesrechtliche Bestimmungen

Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetzbuch (LFGB) · German text as of 29 October 2026 · translation edited by Alexander Baranov

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The Länder may issue further provisions for the conduct of official control.

Die Länder können zur Durchführung der Überwachung weitere Vorschriften erlassen.

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Unofficial translation for information only. Only the German text is legally binding. German text: consolidated version from gesetze-im-internet.de, retrieved 29 October 2026. Where German statutes use “soll”, “shall” denotes an obligation that admits exceptions in atypical cases. Not legal advice.