Groups Seek ‘Rigorous’ Nanomaterial Risk Assessment In FDA Petition

February 16, 2022
Environmental and food-safety groups are petitioning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct new studies of health risks posed by nanomaterials in infant formula and strictly regulate the products -- a move that could lead to sweeping new assessments of nanomaterials’ risks that could be valuable to TSCA and other programs. In a Feb. 10 petition for rulemaking , the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its subsidiary the International Center for Technology Assessment urge FDA to require “rigorous...


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