Action Alert: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Nanotechnology

Action Alert: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Nanotechnology

When is organic not organic? When nanoparticles are involved. A new Action Alert.

Last year we reported on nanotechnology, the process of manipulating matter at the atomic and molecular level. As we said then, it has no place in organic food. Like genetic modification, it is the antithesis of the organic concept. Canada has already amended its national organic rules to ban nanotechnology in food production as a “Prohibited Substance or Method.”

The FDA has just released its draft guidance for regulated industries describing what to consider when determining whether a product uses nanotechnology or nanomaterials. The comment period is open for 60 days.

The FDA seems to be trying to avoid any offense to Big Food. The agency emphasizes that it is not providing a regulatory definition of nanotechnology—merely guidance to get more clarification on the issue of what counts as nanotechnology and what doesn’t. And of course, the guidance makes no mention of organic foods.

http://www.anh-usa.org/action-alert-fda-releases-draft-guidance-on-nanotechnology/