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

¹ If the en­force­ment au­thor­it­ies es­tab­lish that un­safe food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles have been sup­plied to an un­deter­mined num­ber of con­sumers, they shall en­sure that the pub­lic are in­formed and ad­vised on what ac­tion to take.

² If the pub­lic in two or more can­tons are placed at risk, the fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies shall provide in­form­a­tion and re­com­mend­a­tions.

³ In minor cases, the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity may make the in­form­a­tion avail­able on­line.

⁴ The au­thor­ity con­sult, if pos­sible be­fore­hand:

a.

the per­son who man­u­fac­tured or im­por­ted the product or placed it on the mar­ket;

b.

con­sumer or­gan­isa­tions.

⁵ They may in­struct the per­son re­spons­ible for pla­cing the product on the mar­ket to provide in­form­a­tion to the pub­lic.