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

¹ Food­stuffs are all sub­stances or products that are in­ten­ded or may reas­on­ably be ex­pec­ted to be con­sumed by hu­man be­ings in a pro­cessed, partly pro­cessed or un­pro­cessed state.

² Food­stuffs also in­clude:

a.

drinks, in­clud­ing wa­ter, in­ten­ded for hu­man con­sump­tion;

b.

chew­ing gum;

c.

all sub­stances that are in­ten­tion­ally ad­ded to food­stuffs in the course of their man­u­fac­ture, pro­cessing or treat­ment.

³ The fol­low­ing are not food­stuffs:

a.

an­im­al feed;

b.

liv­ing an­im­als, un­less they are pre­pared for the pla­cing on the mar­ket for hu­man con­sump­tion;

c.

plants pri­or to har­vest­ing;

d.

medi­cin­al products;

e.

cos­met­ics;

f.

to­bacco and to­bacco products;

g.

nar­cot­ics and psy­cho­trop­ic sub­stances;

h.

residues and con­tam­in­ants.