Anwendungsbereich des Regulatory Essentials
Geltende Rechtsvorschriften:
Federal Act on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles (Foodstuffs Act, FSA / Lebensmittelgesetz, LMG)
Ordinance on the implementation of food legislation / Verordnung über den Vollzug der Lebensmittelgesetzgebung (LMVV)
The ordinance regulates:
a) the official control of foodstuffs and consumer products and other official activities of the authorities responsible for foodstuffs and consumer products in Switzerland;
b) the official control of foodstuffs and consumer products during import, transit and export, including more stringent controls for the import and transit of certain foods that pose particular risks;
c) the methods of sampling, diagnosis, analysis and testing;
d) the requirements for the national reference laboratories and their tasks;
e) the training of the staff of the persons responsible for the implementation of the food legislation as well as the certificates of proficiency and diplomas;
f) the processing of the data required for enforcement;
g) the financing of the controls
(EDI Consumer Goods Ordinance)
Ordinance of the EDI on materials and objects that are intended to come into contact with food
Technical Content:
1. General provisions
2. Identification
3. Quality assurance
4. Consumer products made of metal or metal alloys
5. Plastic consumer products
6. Consumer products made from recycled plastic
7. Consumer products made from cellulose film
8. Ceramics, glass, enamel and similar materials
9. Consumer products made of paper and cardboard
10. Paraffins, waxes and dyes
11. Consumer products made from silicone
12. Printing inks
13. Active and intelligent consumer products
13a. Paints and coatings
14. Updating the annexes
15. Final provisions
Annex 1 - Symbol to designate the intended use of appropriately marked consumer goods
Annex 2 - List of permitted materials for the manufacture of plastic layers for plastic consumer goods and requirements for these materials
Annex 3 - Declaration of conformity for plastic consumer goods
Annex 4 - Provisions for assessing compliance with migration limits for plastics consumer goods
Annex 5 - Quality assurance system for recycling processes for plastics intended to come into contact with food
Annex 6 - List of permitted substances for the manufacture of cellulose films and requirements for these substances
Annex 7 - List of permitted substances for the manufacture of coated cellulose films with a coating derived from cellulose and requirements for these substances
Annex 8 - Limit values for the release of lead and cadmium from articles made of ceramic, glass, enamel and similar materials
Annex 8a - Declaration of conformity for ceramic consumer goods
Annex 9 - List of permitted substances for the manufacture of silicone consumer goods and requirements for these substances
Annex 10 - List of permitted substances for the manufacture of printing inks and requirements for these substances
Annex 11 - Symbol «NOT EDIBLE»
Annex 12 - Declaration of conformity for active and intelligent consumer goods
Annex 13 - Specific requirements for paints and coatings
Annex 14 - Declaration of conformity for paints and coatings
Annex 15 - Declaration of conformity for printing inks
Food and consumer goods regulation (LGV)
This ordinance regulates:
a) the manufacture, processing, handling, storage, transport and placing on the market of foodstuffs and utensils;
b) the hygienic handling of foodstuffs and utensils;
c) the labeling and presentation of foodstuffs and utensils, the advertising for them and the information disseminated about them;
d) self-control when handling foodstuffs and utensils, in particular sampling, the basis for assessment and examination methods;
e) the import, export and transit of foodstuffs and utensils;
f) the transfer of legislative competence and the internal federal decision-making process in the field of foodstuffs and consumer products.
Kommentar bezüglich der Vergleichbarkeit mit der EU-Gesetzgebung:
The list of EC 1935/2004 Annex I - "List of groups of materials and articles which may be covered by specific measures" is similar to the list of substances of the EDI Consumer Goods Ordinance Annexxes....