
EXPERT REACTION: FSANZ releases food nanotech safety reports
FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand) has released two reports reviewing the evidence for the safety of nanotechnologies in food packaging and food additives. Based on patent searches rather than on nanotech declarations to the regulator, the reports suggest there is no direct evidence to suggest novel nanomaterials are currently being used in food packaging applications in Australia or New Zealand. Expert comments below.
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Dr Janet Paterson is a Lecturer in Food Toxicology at UNSW
Associate Professor Francesca Iacopi is from the Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University
Professor Simon Brown is Professor of Physics at the University of Canterbury
Professor (Adj) Andrew Bartholomaeus is a consultant toxicologist with adjunct professor appointments at the School of Pharmacy, University of Canberra and the Therapeutic Research Unit, School of Medicine, University of Queensland and has previously been the chief toxicologist for the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the General Manager of the Risk Assessment Branch of FSANZ
A/Prof Michael Biercuk is from the School of Physics in the Faculty of Science and a research leader at the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology