Nano and food in Spain: Prof. Josep Samitier Spanish Nanomedicine Platform

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1 Nano and food in Spain: Prof. Josep Samitier Spanish Nanomedicine Platform Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) University of Barcelona; Ciber-BBN; Barcelona, 5-June

2 EFSA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD AND FEED 22 February 2011 Dr Djien Liem Head of Unit Scientific Committee and Advisory Forum 2

3 Terms of Reference - NanoNetwork Overall goals are to: facilitate harmonisation of assessment practices and methodologies; to enhance exchange of information and data between EFSA and MS; and to achieve synergies in risk assessment activities Anticipating and reducing the duplication of activities and hence avoiding divergence of opinions. 3

4 Working Methods The network will meet physically at least once a year Other means of cooperation: exchanges of risk assessments of Member States National Competent Authorities and other information via the EFSA Information Exchange Platform (IEP) s on specific questions or issues Outputs The activities of the network should be recorded in meeting minutes and in annual reports. These will be published 4

5 U B Where is Nanoscience in Agriculture and Food Science? de Barcelona Parc Científic image from :

6 Nanobiotechnology areas Nanobiotech based applications & industries Diagnostics Drug delivery Regenerative medicine Life sciences Environment -In vitro -In vivo -Implantable Theranostics Nanocarriers -Tissue engineering -Prosthetics -Cell therapy Nanobioanalytics -Air -Water -Food Nanomedicine Medical device industry Pharma & biotech From CSA-EuroNanoBio Biomaterials & regenerative therapies industry Instrumentation industry Process control industry

7 VISION PAPER: NANOMEDICINE IN SPAIN (September 2006)

8 Spanish Platform on Nanomedicine (2013) Spanish Platform on Nanomedicine: Membership/distribution: 128 members (February 2013) Centros de investigación 54% Centros tecnológicos 7% Empresas 26% País Vasco 20% C. Valenciana 5% Castilla y Leon 3% Extremadura 1% Canarias 1% Andalucía 12% Aragón 2% Asturias 1% Observadores 8% Hospitales 5% Cataluña 24% According to Profile: Academia-Industry +Clinic +Policy makers/gov. Madrid 25% Across Spanish Regions Galicia 6%

9 Working group nano-aesan 7th July 2011 Coordinate the Spanish information to introduce in the EFSA information exchange platform Coordination with other initiatives concerning nano-security. Promote participation in international initiatives Dissemination.

10 DRAFT Guidance on Risk Assessment Concerning Potential Risk Arising from Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies to Food and Feed EFSA NanoNetwork Meeting 22 February 2011 Dr. David Carlander Scientific Committee and Advisory Forum Unit 10

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13 II Meeting of NANOTECHNOLOGY IN FOOD (nano-aesan WG) 25th April 2012 Manuel Blázquez Ruiz (Universidad de Córdoba, Teresa Calvo Sanz (MARM, Manuela Díaz Hidalgo (FIAB, Yolanda Echegoyen (Universidad de Zaragoza, Isabel Fernandez Segovia (Universidad Politécnica Valencia, Ángeles Jos Gallego (Universidad de Sevilla, Nabil Khayyatt Khyry (CDTI, Federico Morais (FIAB, Montserrat Prieto Goberna (FIAB, Josep Samitier Martí (IBEC, Paloma Sánchez Pello (FIAB, Mª Paz Santamaría Hergueta (MARM, Pedro AmalioSerena Domingo (CSIC, Robert Soliva (Universidad de Lleida, Vicente Calderón Pascual (AESAN, Ricardo López Rodríguez (AESAN, Almudena Rollán Gordo (AESAN, Ana Canals Caballero (AESAN, Juan Julian Garcia (AESAN,

14 Transmit information about the 2012 NanoNetwork EFSA meeting Recommendation about Nanomaterial definition (CE guide 2011) Priorities detected by EFSA nanonetwork (Characterization and Standards) Documents published by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) USA: FDA s Approach to Regulation of Products of Nanotechnology Guidance for Industry. Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetic Products.

15 SPANISH NODE DISCUSSION Concerning the Guide Difficulty to apply the guide without a clear definition and control methodology. This can affect the innovation of the nanotechnology in food. Regulation and security evaluation: They are only experience to evaluate Titanium nitride to be used as contact material. The main use of the nanotechnology would be in the use of additives as delivery system. One benefits would be the reduction of the additives concentration - Communication initiatives from EFSA and coordination of the Spanish research groups working in nano related to food

16 - New web March 12 Collaboration to transfer experiences and know ledges to food and environment industries Nanosecurity Joint meeting June 2012