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

¹ Any per­son who dis­cov­ers that the food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles that they placed on the mar­ket may con­sti­tute a health risk must en­sure that con­sumers are not harmed.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may provide that find­ings in terms of para­graph 1 must be re­por­ted to the com­pet­ent au­thor­it­ies.

³ It shall reg­u­late the with­draw­al and re­call of food­stuffs and util­ity art­icles that may pose a health risk.

⁴ Hold­ers and pur­chasers of an­im­als in­ten­ded for slaughter must no­ti­fy the of­fi­cial veter­in­ari­an or of­fi­cial as­sist­ant in the pub­lic veter­in­ary ser­vice if there are health con­cerns con­cern­ing an an­im­al or if an an­im­al has been treated with thera­peut­ic products.