3. Assessing the health risks associated with nanos in food
The EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) has a scientific expert group on food additives (FAF group, Food Additives and Flavourings, which in recent years succeeded the ANS group Food Additives and Nutrient Sources Added to Food). It is responsible for evaluating the safety of food additives (new or old, or new uses of already authorized food additives). This involves analyzing all available relevant scientific data, from chemical and biological properties, to estimates of human dietary exposure and potential toxicity. On the basis of these data, the scientific panel draws conclusions on the safety of the food additive's intended use for consumers.
Since 2009, the Scientific Panel has re-evaluated most of the food additives authorized in the EU prior to January 20, 2009, progressively addressing concerns about the link between nanoparticle character and toxicity....
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Bibliography
Websites
Nanodefine project on the selection of suitable techniques and their conditions of use for identifying and determining the size of nano-objects
http://www.nanodefine.eu/index.php/nanodefine-publications
Avicenn information website
Standards and norms
- ISO Nanotechnologies – Vocabulary – Parts 1 and 2 December 2015. - ISO/TS 80004-1 - 2015
Regulations
Decree no. 2012-232 of February 17, 2012 on the annual declaration of substances in the nanoparticulate state taken in application of article L. 523-4 of the Environmental Code.
Regulation no. 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 16, 2008 on food additives.
Recommendation n° 2011/696/EU of 18/10/11 on the definition of nanomaterials OJEU n° L...
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Association for monitoring and civic information on nanoscience and nanotechnology issues Avicenn
NanoRESP Forum
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