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Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperation
Switzerland
2Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Contents
• Legal Framework• Compulsory Labelling• Developments
3Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Legal Framework
• Federal Act on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles (Food law)
4Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Legal Framework
• Federal Act on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles (Food law)
d. to provide to the consumer all relevant purchasing information
NEW
5Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Compulsory labelling
(New) Food Law - Art. 12 Labelling and Information Obligations
Mandatory information for prepacked foods are:a) place of origin (country of production);b) specific designation;c) composition (ingredients).
6Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Compulsory labelling
New Ordinance on Food Information• Name of the food• List of ingredients• Quantity of certain ingredients or categories of ingredients• Ingredient or substances causing allergies or intolerances• Date of minimum durability or the ‘use by’ date• Name or business name and address of the food business
operator• Nutrition declaration• GMO Ingredients• Use of irradiation, etc.• Use of growth promoters• …
7Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Nutrition labelling
• Mandatory for all pre-packed food, Compliance date: 4 years• energy value• fat • saturates• carbohydrate• sugars• protein• salt
• Exceptions:• unprocessed products that comprise a single ingredient• …• food/handcrafted food directly supplied by the manufacturer of
small quantities of products to the final consumer or to local retailestablishments directly supplying the final consumer
8Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Nutrition labelling
• Result of public consultation
• Justifications• not feasible for handcrafted foods supplied to national suppliers• costs
important information not available for consumers, e.g. in order to reduce intake of sugars.
9Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Nutrition labelling
• NCDs and Obesity need for new solutions
10Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Nutrition labelling
• NCDs and Obesity need for new solutions
men
women
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11Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Nutrition labelling
• NCDs and Obesity need for new solutions
12Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Future of (nutrition) labelling
• Make (more) use of smartphone technology to allow tailored information?
13Switzerland • Compulsory labelling on food and nutritional labelling in Switzerland: current state and international cooperationFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO • Michael Beer
Questions?
Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
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