Draft FSA regulatory review on nanotechnology in food: issue for comment

Friday 7 April 2006

Nanotechnology is assuming greater importance as a policy issue across Government. It has the potential to impinge on a number of food related areas.

There is a significant amount of cross Government activity (co-ordinated by the Office of Science and Technology (OST) taking forward actions committed to in response to an independent report from the Royal Society (RS) and Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) (commissioned by the Government).

This paper provides some background briefing on nanotechnology and includes a web link to the draft regulatory review, which is being issued to Agency stakeholders for comment prior to being submitted to OST as Agency input to one of the cross Government actions arising from the RS/RAE report.