Food which nanotechnology has impacted or to which nanotechnology is applied is referred to as nanofood. From treatment of the soil in which a crop plant is grown to the caring of a food, nanotechnology is a growing factor in the food supply. At this point, however, there is no definitive, effective global method for regulating the use of nanotechnology as it relates to the food suply.
Legislation on nanotechnologies is still evolving, as is understanding what data is needed for effective, efficient and appropriate risk assessment associated with nanotechnology impacted foods. Due to the emerging nature of nanotechnology and its role in the food supply, case-by-case studies are the current norm, but the need for wide-scale testing and broad-based regulatory standards is urgent.
This project is based on an EFFoST study designed to provide a comparative study of nanofood regulations in order to guide regulation development in this rapidly expanding market.
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"The report discusses testing and improving regulatory infrastructures or building new ones to ensure food safety in the face of challenges posed by nanotechnologies. It argues for a principles-based regulatory framework for nanotechnologies, in contrast to conventional rule-based approaches..."--ProtoView.com, April 2014
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Höhe: 229 mm
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978-0-12-420156-9 (9780124201569)
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Bernd van der Meulen (Bachelor/Masters of Law, Masters of Governance, PhD Law) is the head of the Law and Governance Group of Wageningen University, President & co-founder of the Dutch Food Law Association (NVLR) and Director of European Institute for Food Law where he is a supervisor of PhD-researchers and students in organisation, quality assessment, mediation and conflict resolution and served as chair of the exams committee of the Department of Social Sciences at Wageningen University (2002-2012) Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Foreword
Executive Summary
Introduction
Requirements for food safety regulation
Safety frame applied to food applications of nanotechnology
Case-by-case premarket approval
Nano-specific regulation
Regulatory burden
A learning system
Conclusions and way forward
Annexes:
Analytical framework
On the delineation of the concept 'nanotechnology'
Lessons learned from selected regulatory reviews
Nanotechnology in proposed regulation
Research team
