EFSA WARNING OVER NANOTECHNOLOGY FOOD PACKAGING RISK
April 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has warned about the risks involved in incorporating nanoparticles in food and drink packaging and products. Its scientific committee says each use of nanotechnology in foods and related packaging should be assessed case-by-case. Even then, given "current data limitations and [poor] test methodologies", this would be "very difficult" and involve "a high degree of uncertainty."
As a result EFSA is calling for the development of new test methods to assess the toxicity of ...
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