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FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on the application of nanotechnologies in the food and agriculture sectors : potential food safety implications : meeting report.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ; Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2010.Description: xx, 109 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789241563932 (pbk.)
  • 9241563931 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • On the application of nanotechnologies in the food and agriculture sectors : potential food safety implications [Spine title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.19264 22
LOC classification:
  • TX511 .F36 2009
NLM classification:
  • QT 36.5
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available via World Wide Web.
Contents:
Introduction -- Existing and projected applications of nanotechnology in the food and agriculture sectors -- Assessment of human health risks associated with the use of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in the food and agriculture sectors -- Development of transparent and constructive dialogues among stakeholders -- Recommendations.
Summary: "The advent of nanotechnology has unleashed enormous prospects for the development of new products and applications for a wide range of industrial and consumer sectors. The new technological developments have already opened up a multibillion dollar industry in recent years, the global market impact of which is expected to reach US$1 trillion by 2015, with around 2 million workers. While the majority of manufacturing and use of nanoscale materials occurs in the United States, the European Union, with its around 30 percent global share of the sector, is not lagging far behind in this field. Like other sectors, nanotechnology promises to revolutionize the whole food chain--from production to processing, storage, and development of innovative materials, products and applications. Although the potential applications of nanotechnology are wide ranging, the current applications in the food and agricultural sectors are relatively few, because the science is still newly emergent. An overview of more than 800 nanotechnology-based consumer products that are currently available worldwide, suggests that only around 10 percent of these are foods, beverages and food packaging products. However, nanotechnology-derived products and applications in these sectors have been steadily increasing in recent years, and are predicted to grow rapidly in the future. This is because the new technologies have a great potential to address many of the industry's current needs." - p. 3
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" ... FAO headquarters on 1-5 June 2009 ..."--P. xvii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-84).

Introduction -- Existing and projected applications of nanotechnology in the food and agriculture sectors -- Assessment of human health risks associated with the use of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in the food and agriculture sectors -- Development of transparent and constructive dialogues among stakeholders -- Recommendations.

"The advent of nanotechnology has unleashed enormous prospects for the development of new products and applications for a wide range of industrial and consumer sectors. The new technological developments have already opened up a multibillion dollar industry in recent years, the global market impact of which is expected to reach US$1 trillion by 2015, with around 2 million workers. While the majority of manufacturing and use of nanoscale materials occurs in the United States, the European Union, with its around 30 percent global share of the sector, is not lagging far behind in this field. Like other sectors, nanotechnology promises to revolutionize the whole food chain--from production to processing, storage, and development of innovative materials, products and applications. Although the potential applications of nanotechnology are wide ranging, the current applications in the food and agricultural sectors are relatively few, because the science is still newly emergent. An overview of more than 800 nanotechnology-based consumer products that are currently available worldwide, suggests that only around 10 percent of these are foods, beverages and food packaging products. However, nanotechnology-derived products and applications in these sectors have been steadily increasing in recent years, and are predicted to grow rapidly in the future. This is because the new technologies have a great potential to address many of the industry's current needs." - p. 3

FAO/WHO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization]. 2010. FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on the Application of Nanotechnologies in the Food and Agriculture Sectors: Potential Food Safety Implications: Meeting Report. Rome. 130 pp.

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