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

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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).

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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• …

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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

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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.

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Nutrition labelling

• NCDs and Obesity need for new solutions

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Nutrition labelling

• NCDs and Obesity need for new solutions

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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?

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Questions?

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