Webinar: EFSA Data Requirements for Listing Engineered Nanomaterials for Food Contact Applications
07 September 2011
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HELD ON Wednesday 7 September 2011 60 minutes with Q&A period.
Hear Nick Kernoghan's expert briefing and Q&A on the EFSA guidelines on Engineered Nanomaterials in Food Contact Applications. Find out about new data requirements and how to get ENMs approved.
On 10 May 2011, the European Food Safety Authority EFSA published a guidance document for the risk assessment of engineered nanomaterial (ENM) applications in food and feed. The guidance is the work of the authority's scientific committee and is the first of its kind to give practical guidance for addressing potential risks arising from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain.
The guidance covers risk assessments for food and feed applications including food additives, enzymes, flavourings, food contact materials, novel foods, feed additives and pesticides. It stipulates the additional data needed for the physical and chemical characterisation of ENM in comparison with conventional applications and outlines different toxicity testing approaches to be followed by applicants.
Topics to be discussed at the webinar include:
- EFSA guidance on risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials (ENM's)
- EFSA definition of an ENM
- EFSA data requirements for ENM's
- Characterisation data requirements
- Migration data requirements
- Toxicological data requirements
- Getting ENM's approved
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