G/SPS/N/CHE/79  
 
26 August 2019  
(19-5451) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  All type of fortified food and food supplements  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading  partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  FDHA Ordinance on Food Supplements (FoodSO) . 
Language(s):  German, French and Italian . Number of pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHE/19_4515_01_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHE/19_4515_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHE/19_4515_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The maximum limits for vitamins and minerals permitted in 
fortified food and food supplements are adjusted to bring them in line with the tolerable 
upper intake level (UL). Basis for the calculation were national food consumption data, 
data fro m EFSA, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Medicine (ex IOM) and WHO.  
The new approach takes into count the overall consumption of vitamins and minerals by 
fortified food and food supplements.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/CHE/79  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 19 March 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 13 April 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 October 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Special Foreign Economic Services  
Non-Tariff Measures Division  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Special Foreign Economic Services  
Non-Tariff Measures Division  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch