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


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Art. 63 Misdemeanours and felonies

1 Any per­son who wil­fully:

a.
man­u­fac­tures, handles, stores, trans­ports or places on the mar­ket food­stuffs in such a way that, when used nor­mally, they present a risk to health;
b.
man­u­fac­tures, handles, stores, trans­ports or places on the mar­ket util­ity art­icles in such a way that, when used nor­mally or in a reas­on­ably fore­see­able man­ner, they present a risk to health;
c.
im­ports, ex­ports or car­ries in trans­it food­stuffs or util­ity art­icles that present a risk to health;

shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2 If the of­fend­er acts in a pro­fes­sion­al ca­pa­city or for per­son­al gain, he shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

3 If the of­fend­er acts through neg­li­gence, he shall be li­able to a mon­et­ary pen­alty not ex­ceed­ing 180 daily pen­alty units.

4 Com­pli­ance with the duty to re­port un­der Art­icle 27 para­graph 2 may be re­garded as grounds for mit­ig­at­ing the pen­alty.

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