February 8/Brussels, Belgium/Mondaq Ltd. -- On January 5, 2011, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) endorsed for public consultation its draft guidance on risk assessment concerning potential risks from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies to food and animal feed. Stakeholders and interested parties have the opportunity to comment on the guidance until February 25, 2011.
Building on EFSA's previous scientific opinion of February 2009 on the potential risks associated with nanoscience and nanotechnology in food and feed applications, the purpose of the present guidance is to provide risk assessors, regulators and other stakeholders with practical advice on a risk assessment methodology for engineered nanomaterials used in food and feed.