Table 9.5 (continued)
Country
Responsible
organization
Key legislation Online resources
Canada
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency
(CFIA)
Food and Drugs
Act
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/nanoeng.php
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regula
tions/C.R.C.%2C_c._870/
Public Health
Agency of
Canada (PHAC)
Australia and
New Zealand
Food Standards
Australia
New Zealand
(FSANZ)
Australia
New Zealand
Food Standards
Code
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/
Pages/default.aspx
http://www.nicnas.gov.au/communica
tions/issues/nanomaterials-nanotechnol
ogy/nicnas-regulatory-activities-innanomaterials
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/con
sumer/foodtech/nanotech/pages/default.
aspx
Switzerland
Swiss Federal
Office of Public
Health (FOPH)
http://www.bag.admin.ch/
nanotechnologie/12171/12174/index.
html?lang¼en
http://www.bag.admin.ch/
nanotechnologie/12171/12176/index.
html?lang¼en
Federal Office for
the Environment
(FOEN)
http://www.bag.admin.ch/themen/
lebensmittel/10380/index.html?lang¼en
Russia
The Federal Service for the Protection of
Consumer Rights
and Human WellBeing of the Ministry of Health and
Social Development
(Rospotrebnadzor)
Sanitary Rules
and Regulations
(“SanPiN”)
http://www.rospotrebnadzor.ru/en/
deyatelnost/bilateral.php
Japan
Ministry of
Health, Labour
and Welfare
Food Sanitation
Law
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/policy/
health-medical/food/index.html
http://www.jetro.go.jp/en/reports/
regulations/
Korea
Ministry of Food
and Drug Safety
(MFDS)
Food Sanitation
Act
http://www.kfda.go.kr/eng/index.do?
nMenuCode¼61
http://www.mfds.go.kr/eng/index.do
Korean food and
Drug Administration (KFDA)
http://www.kats.go.kr/english/home/
home.asp?OlapCode¼ATSU15
Korean Agency
for Technology
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