ordonnance sur les contaminants ocont ordinance on contaminants 30 pages ordonnance sur les limites applicables aux residus de pesticides presents dans ou sur les produits dorigine vegetale ou animale opova ordinance on the limiits applicable to pesticide residues in or on products of plant or animal origin 193 pages ordonnance sur les residus de substances pharmacologiquement actives et dadditifs pour lalimentation animale dans les denrees alimentaires dorigine animale oresdalan ordinance on residues of pharmacologically active substances and feed additives in foods of animal origin 15 pages ordonnance concernant les conditions dimportation et de mise sur le marche de denrees alimentaires a la suite de laccident survenu a la centrale nucleaire de tchernobyl ordinance on requirements governing the importation and placing on the market of food products in the light of the accident at the chernobyl nuclear power station 5 pages languages of the notified document german french and italian ol start1 liocont the existing ordinance on foreign substances and components is to be repealed. the content of that ordinance will be split into three new ordinances the ordinance on maximum pesticide residue levels the ordinance on residues of pharmacologically active substances and the ordinance on contaminants. the notified draft ordinance on contaminants would harmonize swiss legislation with the legislation of our main economic partner the european union . li liopova switzerland proposes introducing into swiss law the obligation already present in eu legislation to establish a status report on residues. the federal office for food security and veterinary affairs osav would remain authorized to modify the annexes to take into account advances in eu knowledge. li lioresdalan until now veterinary drug residues were covered by the ordinance on foreign substances and components and the ordinance on veterinary drugs. the proposed ordinance on residues of pharmacologically active substances brings together all the relevant provisions in line with the approach of our main economic partner the european union . it establishes maximum concentration levels and reference values. li liordinance on requirements governing the importation and placing on the market of food products in the light of the accident at the chernobyl nuclear power station until now the limit and tolerance values for radionuclides were set forth in the ordinance on foreign substances and components. as this ordinance is to be repealed existing requirements concerning chernobyl-related cesium residues in certain foods would be set forth in a specific ordinance. this most notably concerns imported foods that have been contaminated by radioactivity in particular mushrooms and wild berries. a certificate would be required to confirm that the limit value for cesium isotopes had not been exceeded. li ol