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Food additives – Switzerland

Official title

Changes to Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

Switzerland issued an addendum on 6 October 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/CHE/266. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 21 January 2022. The comment period closed on 18 October 2022.

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At a glance

Products

All food stuffs containing the enzymes listed in section 6 hereafter

Notifying member
Switzerland
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Harmonization
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHE/266Latest notice: G/TBT/N/CHE/266/Rev.1/Add.1
ICS classification
  • 67.220.20 Food additives
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 October 2022
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 October 2022. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHE/266/Rev.1/Add.1; it can take them up with Switzerland.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/CHE/266/Rev.1/Add.1⁩, 6 October 2025)

Changes to Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

The modification concerns annex 3 of the GMFO. This annex contains a list of GMO products that may be put on the Swiss market without a specific authorisation by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office. There will be 20 new entries into that list: 1,4 alpha-D-glucane glucanohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.1), 1,4 alpha-D-glucane glucanohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.1), Asparaginase (EC 3.5.1.1), Three types of Bêta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23), Carboxypeptidase D (EC 3.4.16.6), Chymonsine (EC 3.4.23.4), Endo-1,4 alpha-xynalase (EC 3.2.1.8), Glucane 1,4-alpha-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.3), Four types of Glucane 1,4-alpha-maltohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.133), Glutaminase (EC 3.5.1.2), Leucyl-aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.1), Peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7), Pullulanase (EC 3.2.1.41), Subtilisine (EC 3.4.21.62), Triacylglycérol lipase (EC 3.1.1.3).

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/CHE/266/Rev.1/Add.1

    Changes to Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)

  2. RevisionG/TBT/N/CHE/266/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 18 October 2022

    Changes to Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

    The modification concerns annex 3 of the GMFO. This annex contains a list of GMO products that may be put on the Swiss market without a specific authorisation by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office. There will be 20 new entries into that list: 1,4 alpha-D-glucane glucanohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.1), 1,4 alpha-D-glucane glucanohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.1), Asparaginase (EC 3.5.1.1), Three types of Bêta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23), Carboxypeptidase D (EC 3.4.16.6), Chymonsine (EC 3.4.23.4), Endo-1,4 alpha-xynalase (EC 3.2.1.8), Glucane 1,4-alpha-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.3), Four types of Glucane 1,4-alpha-maltohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.133), Glutaminase (EC 3.5.1.2), Leucyl-aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.1), Peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7), Pullulanase (EC 3.2.1.41), Subtilisine (EC 3.4.21.62), Triacylglycérol lipase (EC 3.1.1.3).

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/CHE/266

    Comment deadline: Closed on 11 February 2022

    Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

    The modification concerns annex 3 of the GMFO. This annex contains a list of GMO products that may be put on the Swiss market without a specific authorisation by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office. There will be 17 new entries into that list: 4-alpha-D-Glukan Glukanohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.1), Alpha-Acetolactate Decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.5), Beta-D-Glucose:Sauerstoff 1-Oxidoreductase (EC 1.1.3.4), Beta-D-Glucose:Sauerstoff 1-Oxidoreductase (EC 1.1.3.4), Endo-1,4-beta-Xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8), Endo-1,4-beta-Xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8), Endo-1,4-beta-Xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8), Glukan-1,4-a-Maltogenhydrolase (EC 3.2.1.133), Glukan-1,4-a-Maltogenhydrolase (EC 3.2.1.133), Glukan-1,4-a-Maltogenhydrolase (EC 3.2.1.133), Phospholipase C (EC 3.1.4.3), Serinprotease (Trypsin) (EC 3.4.21.4), Triaglycerol Lipase (EC 3.1.1.3), Triaglycerol Lipase (EC 3.1.1.3), Triaglycerol Lipase (EC 3.1.1.3), Triaglycerol Lipase (EC 3.1.1.3), and 4-alpha-D-Giukan alpha-Maltohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.133).

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (French) (opens in a new tab)Notified document 2 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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