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

¹ The fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies shall work with spe­cial­ised na­tion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al of­fices and in­sti­tu­tions and carry out the tasks re­quired un­der in­ter­na­tion­al treat­ies.

² In­ter­na­tion­al ad­min­is­trat­ive as­sist­ance is gov­erned by Art­icle 22 of the Fed­er­al Act of 6 Oc­to­ber 1995¹⁵ on Tech­nic­al Bar­ri­ers to Trade.

³ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may on its own ini­ti­at­ive con­clude in­ter­na­tion­al agree­ments on Switzer­land’s par­ti­cip­a­tion in in­ter­na­tion­al sys­tems to guar­an­tee the safety of food­stuffs and util­ity art­icles.

⁴ It may re­cog­nise for­eign in­spec­tion agen­cies, de­clar­a­tions and cer­ti­fic­ates of con­form­ity and in­spec­tions, con­trols, con­form­ity as­sess­ments or li­cen­cing pro­ced­ures car­ried out abroad. Art­icle 18 para­graph 2 of the Fed­er­al Act on Tech­nic­al Bar­ri­ers to Trade re­mains re­served.