FDA Regulation of Nanotechnology (ABA 2012)

Part II of the American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Nanotechnology Project, this
recently released book comprehensively considers, by product category, how
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews nanotechnology-based
products.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon Agribusiness & Food Safety Attorney James Andreasen was among those practitioners contributing to the work. Among the chapters are “Color Additives,” “Food Additives and Related Substances,” “Dietary Supplements,” “Food and Animal Feed Products,” and “Biological Products.” They address “how FDA can, and to some extent, has, regulated nanomaterials in products falling under its multiple areas of responsibility,” and (i) identify “products that already feature nanomaterials”; (ii) review “FDA’s regulatory program for the specific product category (such as particular pre-market and post-market controls)”; and (iii) discuss “how that program might apply to nanomaterials.”