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FoodDrinkEurope: 

Fourth Nanotechnology Stakeholder Dialogue Day – 

‘Potential Food Applications of Nanotechnology’ 

Brussels, 5 th October 2011 

OECD Developments in the Area of Nanomaterials and Food world wide 

Brussels, 5th OECD Developments in the Area of 

Nanomaterials and Food world wide 

© Nanotechnology Industries Association (2011) 

October 2011

The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) 

… the sector-independent, responsible 

voice for the industrial nanotechnologies 

supply chains; 

… it proactively supports the ongoing 

innovation and commercialisation of the 

next generation of technologies and 

promotes their safe and reliable 

advancement. 



© Nanotechnology Industries Association (2011)

Nanotechnology at the OECD 

OECD WPMN (Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials) 

established in October 2006 (under the OECD Chemical Safety Committee) 

OECD WPN (Working Party on Nanotechnology) established in March 

2007 (under the OECD Committee for Science, Technology and Industry) 







2009 - 2010 

• Statistical Framework for Nanotechnology 

• Monitoring and Benchmarking Nanotechnology Developments 

• Addressing Challenges in the Business Environment specific to Nanotechnology 

• Fostering Nanotechnology to address Global Challenges 

• Fostering international scientific Co-operation in Nanotechnology 

• Policy Roundtables on Key Policy Issues related to Nanotechnology 

2010 - 2011 

• Statistical Framework 

• Measuring Enabling Technologies 

• Regulatory Frameworks for Nanotechnology in Food and Medical Products 

• Business Environment: Sustainable Energy 

• Business Environment: Nanomedicine 

New project (2011-2012) 

• Nanotechnology in Green Growth 

• Statistics, Data and Databases for Nanotechnology 

• Integration of Nanotechnology in Converging Technology 

• Social Dimension of Nanotechnology 










Nanotechnology at the OECD - Safety 

OECD WPMN: 

• SG1: Development of an OECD Database on Human Health and 

Environmental Safety (EHS) Research 

• SG2: EHS Research Strategies on Manufactured Nanomaterials 

• SG3: Safety Testing of a Representative Set of Manufactured Nanomaterials 

• SG4: Manufactured Nanomaterials and Test Guidelines 

• SG5: Co-operation on Voluntary Schemes and Regulatory Programmes 

• SG6: Co-operation on Risk Assessments 

• SG7: Alternative Test Methods in Nanotoxicology 

• SG8: Exposure Measurement and Exposure Mitigation 

• SG9: Environmentally Sustainable Use of Manufactured Nanomaterials 




Nanotechnology at the OECD - Safety 

OECD WPMN: 

• SG1: Development of an OECD Database on Human Health and 

Environmental Safety (EHS) Research 

• SG2: EHS Research Strategies on Manufactured Nanomaterials 

• SG3: Safety Testing of a Representative Set of Manufactured Nanomaterials 

• SG4: Manufactured Nanomaterials and Test Guidelines 

• SG5: Co-operation on Voluntary Schemes and Regulatory Programmes 

• SG6: Co-operation on Risk Assessments 

• SG7: Alternative Test Methods in Nanotoxicology 

• SG8: Exposure Measurement and Exposure Mitigation 

• SG9: Environmentally Sustainable Use of Manufactured Nanomaterials 

November 2007: launch of OECD WPMN Sponsorship Programme for the 

Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials 

• 14 internationally agreed, commercially relevant nanomaterials (including 

different aspect ratios, soft/hard (organic/inorganic) origin, biopersistence) 

• revised to include 13 nanomaterials (July 2010) 




WPMN Sponsorship Programme & NIA PPPs 

OECD RMNs 

Lead 

sponsor(s) 

Co-sponsor(s) Contributor 

Fullerenes(C60) Japan, US Denmark, China 

SWCNTs Japan, US BIAC (NIA), EC Germany, Canada, France, China, EC 

MWCNTs Japan, US Korea, BIAC, BIAC (NIA), EC Germany, Canada, France, China, EC, 

BIAC(NIA) 

Nano-Silver US, Korea Germany, Canada, Australia, Nordic Council 

of Ministers 




BIAC (NIA), EC, France, China, 

Netherland 

Iron nanoparticles China BIAC Canada, US, Nordic Council of Ministers 

Titanium dioxide France, Germany Austria, Canada, Spain, BIAC, Korea, US, EC China, Denmark, Japan, UK 

Aluminium oxide Germany , US, Japan 

Cerium oxide UK/BIAC(NIA), 

US(EPA) 

Australia, Spain Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, EC, 

Switzerland, Japan 

Zinc oxide UK/BIAC(NIA) BIAC(CEFIC), Australia, US(FDA), Spain Denmark, Germany, Canada, Japan 

Silicon dioxide France, EC Belgium, BIAC(CEFIC), Korea Denmark, Japan 

Dendrimers Spain, US 

Nanoclays BIAC (NIA) EC US, Denmark, EC 

Nano-Gold South Africa EC, US, BIAC (NIA) 

NIA Projects: 

PROSPEcT Project: 

Industrial contribution: £1840840 

Government contribution: £1840767 

Total: £3681607 

Start date: 1st RefNanoCLAYM Project: 

Industry contribution: ~ EURO 245000 

Start date: 1 

January 2009 

Duration: 3 years (36 months) 

st Duration: 

September 2010 

1 Year (provisional) 

BIAC: Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD 

Global-NanoMaPPP: 

current conf. contributions: EURO 4.6 Million 

Start date: 1 st July 2011 

Duration: 2 Years


OECD RMNs 

Fullerenes(C60) 

SWCNTs 

MWCNTs 

Nano-Silver 

Iron nanoparticles 

Titanium dioxide 

Aluminium oxide 

Cerium oxide 

Zinc oxide 

Silicon dioxide 

Dendrimers 

Nanoclays 

Nano-Gold 

Phys-Chem Properties Environmental Toxicology 

Agglomeration/ Aggregation Effects on pelagic species (short term/long term) 

Water Solubility/Dispersibility Effects on sediment species (short term/long term) 

Crystalline phase Effects on soil species (short term/long term) 

Dustiness Effects on terrestrial species 

Crystallite size Effects on microorganisms 

Representative Electron Microscopy (TEM) Effects on activated sludge at WWTP 

Particle size distribution – dry and in relevant media Other relevant information (when available) 

Specific surface area Mammalian Toxicology 

Zeta potential (surface charge) 

Pharmacokinetics/Toxicokinetics (ADME) 

Surface chemistry 

Acute toxicity 

Photocatalytic activity 

Repeated dose toxicity 

Pour density 

Chronic toxicity 

Porosity 

Reproductive toxicity 

Octanol-water partition coefficient 

Developmental toxicity 

Redox potential 

Genetic toxicity 

Radical formation potential 

Other relevant Physical-Chemical Properties and 

Material Characterization information (where 

available) 

Environmental Fate 

Experience with human exposure 

Automated assays comprising HTS (High 

Throughput Screening) 

Other relevant test data 

Dispersion stability in water Material Safety 

Biotic degradability 

Flammabilty 

Identification of degradation product(s) 

Explosivity 

Further testing of degradation product(s) Incompatibility 

Abiotic Degradability and Fate 

Adsorption-Desorption Additional Data 

Adsorption to soil or sediment 90-day inhalation study 

Bioaccumulation potential 

Other relevant environmental fate information 





For more information, visit: www.nanotechia-prospect.org 




NIA Activities - OECD WPMN Sponsorship Programme 

PROSPECT Publications 

• Cerium Oxide Literature Review 

• Zinc Oxide Literature Review 

• Protocol for Nanoparticle Dispersion 

• Guidelines and Protocol for Sampling 

• Evaluation and Assignment of 

Nanoparticle 

Dispersion/Characterisation 

Methodologies, to be developed under 

PROSPECT 

• Video: Dispersion Protocol 

For more information, visit: www.nanotechia-prospect.org 




OECD – Global Results for Policy Makers 

NANOhub: online database in support of globally harmonised (adapted - if necessary) 

tests and measurements of Representative Manufactured Nanomaterials, based on 

OECD Test Guidelines, capturing data in IUCLID-format, based on OECD Harmonised 

Templates (OHTs) under Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD). 




Support offered: 

• Data stewardship 

• Training sessions 

• User admin

OECD WPMN – Global Results for Policy Makers 

OECD WPMN Representative Manufactured Nanomaterial (RMN) 

Series & the European Reference Nanomaterial Repository 

[Image courtesy JRC, European Commission] 




OECD – Global Results for All 

NM-Series Reports: 





OECD Database on Research into the Safety of Manufactured 

Nanomaterials 





… further reading: 




Contact: 

Dr Steffi Friedrichs 

Director General 

Nanotechnology Industries Association 

e: steffi.friedrichs@nanotechia.org 

w: www.nanotechia.org 

Brussels: 

Nanotechnology Industries Association (aisbl) 

101 Avenue Louise 

1050 Brussels 

Belgium 

London: 

Nanotechnology Industries Association (ltd) 

Lion House 

Red Lion Street 

London, WC1R 4GB 

United Kingdom 


Brussels, 5th Thank you! 

October 2011 


Contact: 

Hanni Rosenbaum 

Senior Policy Manager 

Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) 

rosenbaum@biac.org

The OECD WPMN Sponsorship Programme 

- supported by NIA PPPs 

* 50:50 public-private-partnership with the UK Government to support the OECD Sponsorship 

Programme on Manufactured Nanomaterials: £3.7 Million for in-depth characterisation, 

ecotoxicology testing and detection prototyping of nano-ZnO and nano-CeO 2: PROSPECT – 

‘Ecotoxicology Test Protocols for Representative Nanomaterials in Support of the OECD 

Sponsorship Programme’ (January 2009 – December 2011) 

* Industry-funded contribution to the OECD Sponsorship Programme on Manufactured 

Nanomaterials: EURO 245 000 for in-depth characterisation and ecotoxicology testing of nano- 

Clay: RefNanoCLAYM – ‘Lead-Sponsorship, Characterisation and Testing of Reference 

NanoClay Materials within the OECD Sponsorship Programme’ (September 2010 – September 

2011) 

* Global 50:50 public-private-partnership with the Govmts of German, UK, South Africa (...) in 

support and advancement of the OECD Sponsorship Programme on Manufactured 

Nanomaterials: (EURO 4.6 Million) for a Global-NanoMaPPP – ‘Global PPP for the Integrated 

Measurement and Testing of Representative NanoMaterials’ (July 2011 – June 2013) 




[* NIA-initiated and led]

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