Following the publication of its ‘Draft Opinion of the Scientific Committee on the Potential Risks Arising from Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies on Food and Feed Safety’, the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) today launched a public consultation on this draft scientific opinion.

• [the Authority] looks at the scientific evidence and data relevant to its specifc risk assessment remit. Important and relevant feedback will be any further evidence or data that EFSA may not have been able to access that should be considered in the final opinion. Views on wider issues, for example ethical or other societal issues, are not part of EFSA’s remit.
• [the authority] will assess all relevant comments from interested parties which are submitted in line with the criteria above. The comments will be further considered by the EFSA Scientific Committee and taken into consideration where these will enhance the scientific quality or understanding of the document. Following this exercise EFSA will publish the relevant comments received, as well as a short report on the outcome of the consultation. [...]
• If interested parties wish to contribute scientific studies or data to support a particular comment, these should be preferably have been published or accepted for publication and clear reference to where the supporting information is found should be made.