The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final guidance document addressing the use of nanotechnology in the area of foods, as well as a final guidance document addressing the use of nanotechnology in the area of cosmetics:
- Final 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 (the final foods guidance); and
- Final Guidance for Industry: Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics (the final cosmetics guidance);
The two final guidance documents reflect FDA’s current thinking on these issues after taking into account public comment received on the corresponding draft guidance documents which were issued in 2012.
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