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


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Art. 66 Prosecution

1 Of­fences un­der this Act shall be pro­sec­uted and judged by the can­tons.

2 The fed­er­al of­fice re­spons­ible for su­per­vi­sion on be­half of the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment may re­quire the can­ton­al test­ing au­thor­it­ies to carry out test­ing.

3 The FO­CBS and the FS­VO shall pro­sec­ute and judge of­fences un­der this Act and its im­ple­ment­ing pro­vi­sions on im­port, ex­port and trans­it that fall with­in their areas of re­spons­ib­il­ity.21

4 Where an of­fence to be pro­sec­uted by the FO­CBS un­der para­graph 3 also con­sti­tutes a dif­fer­ent of­fence to be pro­sec­uted by the FO­CBS, the FO­CBS shall ap­ply the pen­alty that the more ser­i­ous of­fence car­ries; it may in­crease this pen­alty ap­pro­pri­ately.22

21 Amended by No I 32 of the O of 12 June 2020 on the Amend­ment of Le­gis­la­tion as a con­sequence of the Change to the Name of the Fed­er­al Cus­toms Ad­min­is­tra­tion as part of its fur­ther De­vel­op­ment, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 2743).

22 Amended by No I 32 of the O of 12 June 2020 on the Amend­ment of Le­gis­la­tion as a con­sequence of the Change to the Name of the Fed­er­al Cus­toms Ad­min­is­tra­tion as part of its fur­ther De­vel­op­ment, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 2743).

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