ILSI Europe Report Series. 2012:1-16
Recent technological developments and a greater understanding of food structures at the nanoscale have generated interest in the potential use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in food. In turn, this has led to much debate about how the safety of the addition of ENMs to food might be assessed.
In 2008, ILSI Europe established an Expert Group on the Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials with the aim of providing clear and practical guidance on how to assess the safety of foods that might contain ENMs. The Expert Group, which began its work in 2009, has formulated draft guidance in the form of a framework that exploits accepted risk assessment procedures and toxicological databases on existing materials, using them for comparative purposes to ensure that any nanosized materials that might be associated with potential new hazards are identified and tested appropriately.
In order to provide a critical assessment of the guidance, ILSI Europe held a Workshop in Cascais (Lisbon), Portugal on 13–15 April, 2011. The Workshop was chaired by Professor Alan Boobis (Imperial College London, UK) and co-chaired by Dr. Anne Constable (Nestlé, CH). It was attended by more than 40 experts from academia, industry and government agencies located in 15 countries.
To download the workshop summary report, please click here.
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