Mar 27, 2010

[MedicalConspiracies] Regulated or Not, Nano-Foods Coming to a Store Near You

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Regulated or Not, Nano-Foods Coming to a Store 
Near You 
Second in a Three-Part Series 

(March 24) — For centuries, it was the 
cook and the heat of the fire that cajoled 
taste, texture, flavor and aroma from the 
pot. Today, that culinary voodoo is being 
crafted by white-coated scientists toiling 
in pristine labs, rearranging atoms into 
chemical particles never before seen. 
At last year's Institute of Food 
Technologists international conference, 
nanotechnology was the topic that 
generated the most buzz among the 
14,000 food-scientists, chefs and 
manufacturers crammed into an Anaheim, 
Calif., hall. Though it's a word that has 
probably never been printed on any 
menu, and probably never will, there was 
so much interest in the potential uses of 
nanotechnology for food that a separate 
daylong session focused just on that 
subject was packed to overflowing. 
In one corner of the convention center, a 
chemist, a flavorist and two food- 
marketing specialists clustered around a 
large chart of the Periodic Table of 
Elements (think back to high school 
science class). The food chemist, from 
China, ran her hands over the chart, 
pausing at different chemicals just long 
enough to say how a nano-ized version of 
each would improve existing flavors or 
create new ones. 
Also in This Series: 
- Amid Nanotech's Dazzling Promise, 
Health Risks Grow 
- Obsession With Growth Stymies 
Regulators 
- Why Nanotech Hasn't (Yet) Triggered 
the 'Yuck Factor' 
- Nano-Products Are Everywhere 
Background: 
- Primer: How Nanotechnology Works 
- Timeline: Nanotech's Evolution 
- Chart: Funding Shortchanges Safety 
- Key Findings of This Investigation 
One of the marketing guys questioned 
what would happen if the consumer found 
out. 
The flavorist asked whether the Food and 
Drug Administration would even allow 
nanoingredients. 
Posed a variation of the latter question, 
Dr. Jesse Goodman, the agency's chief 
scientist and deputy commissioner for 
science and public health, gave a 
revealing answer. He said he wasn't 
involved enough with how the FDA was 
handling nanomaterials in food to discuss
that issue. And the agency wouldn't 
provide anyone else to talk about it. 
This despite the fact that hundreds of 
peer-reviewed studies have shown that 
nanoparticles pose potential risks to 
human health — and, more specifically, 
that when ingested can cause DNA 
damage that can prefigure cancer and 
heart and brain disease. 
Despite Denials, Nano-Food Is Here 
Officially, the FDA says there aren't any 
nano-containing food products currently 
sold in the U.S. 
Not true, say some of the agency's own 
safety experts, pointing to scientific 
studies published in food science 
journals, reports from foreign safety 
agencies and discussions in gatherings 
like the Institute of Food Technologists 
conference. 
In fact, the arrival of nanomaterial onto 
the food scene is already causing some 
big-chain safety managers to demand 
greater scrutiny of what they're being 
offered, especially with imported food and 
beverages. At a conference in Seattle last 
year hosted by leading food safety 
attorney Bill Marler, presenters raised the 
issue of how hard it is for large 
supermarket companies to know precisely 
what they are purchasing, especially with 
nanomaterials, because of the volume 
and variety they deal in. 
Getty Images 
According to a USDA scientist, some 
Latin American packers spray U.S.-bound 
produce with a wax-like nanocoating to 
extend shelf-life. "We found no indication 
that the nanocoating ... has ever been 
tested for health effects," the researcher 
says. 
Craig Wilson, assistant vice president for 
safety for Costco, says his chain does not 
test for nanomaterial in the food products 
it is offered by manufacturers. But, he 
adds, Costco is looking "far more carefully 
at everything we buy. ... We have to rely 
on the accuracy of the labels and the 
integrity of our vendors. Our buyers know 
that if they find nanomaterial or anything 
else they might consider unsafe, the 
vendors either remove it, or we don't buy 
it." 
Another government scientist says 
nanoparticles can be found today in 
produce sections in some large grocery 
chains and vegetable wholesalers. This 
scientist, a researcher with the USDA's 
Agricultural Research Service, was part of 
a group that examined Central and South 
American farms and packers that ship 
fruits and vegetables into the U.S. and 
Canada. According to the USDA 
researcher — who asked that his name 
not be used because he's not authorized 
to speak for the agency — apples, pears, 
peppers, cucumbers and other fruit and 
vegetables are being coated with a thin, 
wax-like nanocoating to extend shelf-life. 
The edible nanomaterial skin will also 
protect the color and flavor of the fruit 
longer.

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