NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 16 January
2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Switzerland.
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Title: Ordinance on
Foodstuffs and Utility Articles
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Comment period changed - date:
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Notified measure adopted - date: 28 May 2025
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Notified measure published - date:
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Notified measure enters into force - date: 1 July 2025; two-year
transitional period
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Text of final measure available from[1]:
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/TBT/CHE/final_measure/25_00733_00_f.pdf
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Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:
Relevant symbol if measure re-notified:
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Content or scope of notified measure changed and text available from1:
New deadline for comments (if applicable): 9 February 2025
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Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:
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Description: The technical regulation provides for
mandatory labelling of animal products that are produced using certain
pain-causing procedures without analgesia in accordance with the guiding
principles of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in the area of
animal welfare. The following changes have been made to the originally notified
version:
- Meat from cattle that have been castrated without
analgesia must be labelled.
- Cow's milk from animals that have been dehorned without
analgesia must be labelled.
- Food of plant origin that comes from a country where
pesticides that are internationally classified as hazardous are used does not
need to be labelled.
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[1] This information can be provided by including a website address, a
pdf attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified
measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.