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Standards and Regulation


Standards


BSI The British Standards Institute oversees UK standardisation. Nanotechnologies is the responsibility of the BSI technical committee NTI/1, which was established in June 2004.
CEN  The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) established CEN/TC 352 'Nanotechnologies' at the end of 2005 to develop a set of standards addressing various aspects of nanotechnologies.
ANSI  The American National Standards Institute has a nanotechnologies panel to address this emerging area. 
ISO Led by technical committee (TC)229, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) is currently undertaking standardisation in the field of nanotechnologies.
OECD  The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) was established in September 2006 as a subsidiary body of the OECD Chemicals Committee. 



Regulation


U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) The U.S. CPSC is tasked with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. 
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The U.S. FDA regulates a wide range of products, including foods, cosmetics, drugs, devices, veterinary products, and tobacco products some of which may utilise nanotechnology or contain nanomaterials.
E.U. Novel Foods Regulation Regulation EC 258/97 of 27 January 1997 of the European Parliament and the Council lays out detailed rules for the authorisation of novel foods and novel food ingredients (those that have not been used for human consumption to a significant degree within the European Community before 15th May 1997).
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
 All food supplied in Australia and New Zealand must comply with the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code) and be safe for human consumption.
E.U. Cosmetics Regulation
 In November 2009, the European Union Council agreed to recast some 55 directives relating to cosmetics into a single regulation on cosmetic products, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on Cosmetic Products.
EU REACH Regulation
 REACH is the EU Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, which entered into operation on 1st June 2008.
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (NICNAS)
 Established in 1990, NICNAS Provides a national notification and assessment scheme to protect the health of the public, workers and the environment from the harmful effect of industrial chemicals; and assesses all chemicals new to Australia and assesses those chemicals already used (existing chemicals) on a priority basis, in response to concerns about their safety on health and environmental grounds.
US: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
 The mission of the US EPA is to protect human health and the environment. In relation to regulation, the EPA is charged with implementation of environmental laws passed by US congress via development and enforcement of Regulations.
UK: Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra)
 The aim of Defra in relation to nanomaterials is to ensure that the benefits of nanotechnology can be realised while protecting human health and ecosystems from potential risks.
Environment Canada, Health Canada & CEPA
 Within Canada, regulation of health and the environment is implemented through the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), which is administered by Environment Canada and Health Canada.


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