FDA Advises Safety Assessment of Food Nanomaterials

On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance document with the somewhat unwieldy title “Draft Guidance for Industry: Assessing the Effects of Significant Manufacturing Process Changes, Including Emerging Technologies, on the Safety and Regulatory Status of Food Ingredients and Food Contact Substances, Including Food Ingredients that are Color Additives.” Without reading further, you might never know that this document is primarily aimed …