Chapter 1: Aim, Scope and Definitions
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Art. 3 Foodstuffs
1 Foodstuffs are defined as nutritional products and luxury foods.
2 Nutritional products are products that are intended to develop and maintain the human body and which are not marketed as therapeutic products.
3 Luxury foods are alcoholic beverages, tobacco and other smoking products.
4 Ingredients are foodstuffs that are added to other foodstuffs or that are used to make up other foodstuffs, as well as additives.1
1 Amended in accordance with Annex No 3 of the Federal Act of 6 Oct. 1995 on Technical Barriers to Trade, in force since 1 July 1996 (SR 946.51)
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