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


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Art. 22 Precautionary principle

If, on eval­u­at­ing the avail­able in­form­a­tion, a com­pet­ent fed­er­al au­thor­ity finds that a food­stuff or a util­ity art­icle could be harm­ful to health, but there is still sci­entif­ic un­cer­tainty, it may take tem­por­ary meas­ures to en­sure a high level of health pro­tec­tion un­til fur­ther sci­entif­ic in­form­a­tion is avail­able that per­mits a more com­pre­hens­ive risk as­sess­ment.

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