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

¹ For­eign au­thor­it­ies that wish to in­spect Swiss busi­nesses that ex­port food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles to their coun­tries re­quire the con­sent of the com­pet­ent fed­er­al au­thor­ity. The au­thor­ity shall is­sue its con­sent if:

a.

the in­spec­tions have the sole pur­pose of veri­fy­ing com­pli­ance with the reg­u­la­tions of the coun­try con­cerned on man­u­fac­tur­ing food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles and with the re­quire­ments re­lat­ing to the con­di­tion of the food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles to be ex­por­ted; and

b.

the busi­ness to be in­spec­ted agrees to the in­spec­tion.

² The com­pet­ent fed­er­al au­thor­ity may re­quire that it be al­lowed to at­tend the in­spec­tion or that it be no­ti­fied of the res­ults by the for­eign au­thor­ity that car­ries out the in­spec­tion.

³ The com­pet­ent Swiss au­thor­it­ies may in­spect busi­nesses in the coun­tries that ex­port food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles to Switzer­land provided:

a.

this is re­quired to guar­an­tee health pro­tec­tion; and

b.

pro­vi­sion is made for this in an in­ter­na­tion­al agree­ment or the coun­tries con­cerned con­sent in in­di­vidu­al cases.