NanoRelease Food Additives

• Compile studies, methods, and guidelines relevant to understanding release of added engineered nanomaterials from food matrices.
• Identify the critical measurement methodologies for understanding risk-relevant exposures to engineered nanomaterials in foods.
• Identify gaps where additional methods development is needed.
• Design and carryout methods-development plans to fill gaps so that generally accepted and useful methods are available.
• Ruggedize the methods so that they can be confidently used across laboratories.
• Where warranted and feasible, submit methods to a standards development organization.

NanoRelease Consumer Products was active between February 2012 and late 2014. Members during this period are listed here. Minutes of each meeting and conference call are reviewed and approved by the Steering and posted here.   

Work Plan

The intention of the project was to proceed in 3 phases similar to NanoRelease Consumer Products.  However, funding was only available to proceed through Phase 2 and initial steps of Phase 3 (establishment and first meetings of the Inter-laboratory Testing Group).

• Phase 1: Nanomaterial Selection—list of priority nanomaterials and initial study material
• Phase 2: Methods Evaluation—set of methods and state-of-science document (all final publications listed below)
• Phase 3: Inter-laboratory Studies—methods refinement for documentary standards development

Meetings of the Inter-laboratory Testing Group and workshops are also available.

Publications