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9 March 2022  
(22-2131) 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 Office for Agriculture (FOAG)  
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):  Feed additives  
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:  Amendment of Annex  2 of the Ordinance of 26 October 
2011 on the Production and Marketing of Feedstuffs, Feed Additives and Dietary Feed 
(FADO) . Language(s):  French . Number of pages:  73 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2011/802/fr  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHE/22_2028_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Annex 2 of the Ordinance on the Production and Marketing of 
Feedstuffs, Feed Additives and Dietary Feed (FADO) containing the list of homologated 
additives is updated . 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Code of Practice on Good Animal Feedi ng 
CAC/RCP  54-2004 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
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:   G/SPS/N/CHE/87  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 25 April 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 April 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax numbe r and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
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 Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Berne  
E-mail: sps@seco.admin.ch  
 