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

¹ Risk-based of­fi­cial in­spec­tions shall be car­ried out at each stage of the pro­duc­tion, pro­cessing and dis­tri­bu­tion of food­stuffs, of an­im­als kept for food­stuffs pro­duc­tion and of util­ity art­icles.

² The en­force­ment au­thor­it­ies shall veri­fy com­pli­ance with the pro­vi­sions of the le­gis­la­tion on food­stuffs. In par­tic­u­lar they shall veri­fy wheth­er:

a.

the reg­u­la­tions on self-su­per­vi­sion are be­ing com­plied with and per­sons who handle food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles ob­serve the hy­giene reg­u­la­tions and pos­sess the re­quired spe­cial­ist know­ledge;

b.

the food­stuffs, util­ity art­icles, rooms, equip­ment, vehicles, man­u­fac­tur­ing pro­cess, an­im­als, plants and soil used for ag­ri­cul­ture com­ply with the pro­vi­sions of the le­gis­la­tion on food­stuffs.

³ In or­der to veri­fy com­pli­ance with the pro­vi­sions of the le­gis­la­tion on food­stuffs, the en­force­ment au­thor­it­ies may take samples, in­spect doc­u­ments and oth­er re­cords and make cop­ies there­of.

⁴ In con­nec­tion with their du­ties, they shall be giv­en ac­cess to land, build­ings, busi­nesses, rooms, fa­cil­it­ies, vehicles and oth­er in­fra­struc­tures.

⁵ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may:

a.

reg­u­late the pro­ced­ure, fre­quency and the cer­ti­fic­a­tion of of­fi­cial in­spec­tions;

b.

re­quire that in­spec­tions in spe­cif­ic fields are car­ried out by spe­cially trained per­sons.