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Agriculture, food safety, product safety and public health

Since November 2008, Switzerland and the European Union have been conducting negotiations on opening up entirely their respective food production and processing sectors and on establishing closer cooperation in the areas of food and product safety and public health.


Coordination of the negotiations 
 Directorate for European Affairs DEA
 


Agriculture
Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG


Food Safety
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH

Veterinary law
Federal veterinary office FVO (in French)


Product safety
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO


Public health 
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH


Full mutual market access for agricultural products and foodstuffs through

· Dismantling of customs barriers and quantitative restrictions

· Harmonisation of norms

 


Cooperation with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)


Participation in the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)

 


Participation in the Rapid Alert System for Non Food Consumer Products (RAPEX)


Cooperation with the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Participation in the Early Warning Response System (EWRS)

Participation in the EU Health Programme 2008-2013


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