State of the art on the initiatives and activities relevant to risk assessment and risk management of nanotechnologies in the food and agriculture sectors

By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Draft Version for Public Review. Deadline: 30 November 2012

An international expert meeting on the potential food safety implications of the application of 2 nanotechnologies in the food and agriculture sectors was convened by the Food and Agriculture 3 Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in June 2009. 4 The key findings, conclusions and recommendations of the meeting were published in 2010 5 (FAO/WHO, 2010) and are briefly summarized in section 1b below.

Source:http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/agns/pdf/topics/FAO_WHO_Nano_Paper_Public_Review_20120608.pdf