Federal Act
on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles
(Foodstuffs Act, FSA)

¹ Any per­son who places pre-pack­aged food­stuffs on the mar­ket must provide pur­chasers with the fol­low­ing in­form­a­tion about the food­stuffs:

a.

the coun­try of pro­duc­tion;

b.

the spe­cif­ic des­ig­na­tion;

c.

the in­gredi­ents.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may spe­cify ex­cep­tions to the in­dic­a­tion provided on the coun­try of pro­duc­tion and the in­gredi­ents in the case of pro­cessed products.

³ The spe­cif­ic des­ig­na­tion may be ac­com­pan­ied by oth­er des­ig­na­tions provided these do not mis­lead con­sumers.

⁴ The spe­cif­ic des­ig­na­tion may be omit­ted provided the nature of the food­stuff is ob­vi­ous.

⁵ On re­quest, it must be pos­sible to provide the same in­dic­a­tions about food­stuffs placed on the mar­ket without pack­aging as for pre-pack­aged food­stuffs.