ABSTRACT
The use of nanoparticles is increasing in food industries in various products including food packaging materials, food additives, animal feeds, and biological products. Risk to human health due to these particles is also being assessed by wide-ranging toxicity studies all over the world. As the toxic nature of the nanomaterials has been proven by several groups of scientists and institutes, they are now taken seriously and regulations are prepared. A range of definitions of nanomaterials/nanoparticles are constructed by different organizations starting from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Commission, Food Standard Australia and New Zealand, etc. Alongside, the particle size limit, dispersal boundary, and quantity measurements in a particular food are all controlled by these food safety associations. The legislation systems are diverse throughout the world in different countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, and China. This chapter summarizes such rules and regulations followed by different parts of the world for various types of foods and food products. We conclude at the end of our considerations that regulations on nanotechnology are yet to be consolidated by most of the organizations and countries. However, except a few such as the European Union Commission and the FDA has come up with a thorough regulatory framework for nanotechnology in food. Many others just following these sets of regulations at present.“Many others just following these sets of regulations at present”
