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

FAO/WHO Technical Paper

Year of publication 2013

Pages 60 p.

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Agriculture Department)

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 97892510764

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) An international expert meeting on the potential food safety implications of the application of nanotechnologies in the food and agriculture sectors was convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in June 2009. The key findings, conclusions and recommendations of the meeting were published in 2010 (FAO/WHO, 2010) and are briefly summarized in this publication. This report was commissioned by FAO and WHO with the object ive of summarizing and analysing the information that has become available since the 2009 expert meeting and determining possible courses of action to be followed by FAO and WHO in this matter.

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