G/SPS/N/CHE/92  
25 May 2023  
(23-3587) 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  (FSVO ) 
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 foodstuffs  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Speci fic regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Ordonnance du DFI sur les denrées alimentaires 
d'origine végétale, les champignons et le sel comestible . Language(s):  French . Number 
of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CHE/23_09793_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Amendment of the list of plants, parts of plants as well as 
preparations and substances thereof, which shall not be used as food nor for the 
production of food.  
The current Annex 1 (not contained in this notification) lists plants that are not allowed 
to be used as food stuffs only. This revision completes the A nnex with a new part on 
substances and preparations derived from plants. It also updates the Annex with 
provisions of Regulation (EU) No 2021/4681. Because of their genotoxic and carcinogenic 
properties, substances and preparations derived from the leaves of aloe species are 
prohibited for use in foodstuffs.  A further adaptation is taking into account the 2nd edition 
of the lists of substances of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Länder.  
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 G/SPS/N/CHE/92  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 31 October 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 23 November 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 January 2024  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 July 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) of other body:   
State Secretariate for Economic Affairs SECO  
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:   
State Secretariate for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
Switzerland  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch