Milk cartons that glow when the milk goes sour? [1] - Business Intelligence, Middle East
Many substances are more toxic at the nano scale, or even become toxic at the nano scale. Why should nanoparticles in food or food packaging be any different?

CPSC Reform Act pledges funding to research NanoSafety [2] - SafeNano, UK
This month, U.S. Senate took strong steps to bolster the safety of millions of products sold in the U.S. The measure strengthened the Consumer Product Safety Commission with more funds, and provided greater enforcement authority. Specific to Nanotechnology, the Reform Act also pledged an additional $1Million to research the safety of nanotechnology in consumer products.

NIOSH and nanotechnology—Big plans on a nano budget [3] - Andrew Maynard for SafeNano, UK
The US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has a great plan for underpinning the success of emerging nanotechnologies, but lacks the resources to put it into practice. Given the level of investment in nanotech research ($7 billion by the US government since 2001) and the projected economic potential of the technology (an estimated $2.6 trillion in manufactured goods based on nanotechnology by 2014), thoughts of nails and kingdoms keep coming to mind. Perhaps it’s time to bite the bullet and make sure this agency has the relatively modest resources it needs to make nanotechnology succeed!

More people likely to accept nano than GM, say researchers [4] - FoodNavigator, EU
Foods produced using emerging nanotechnology are less likely to come up against consumer hurdles than genetically modified foods since they do not involve tinkering with genes, and therefore have a greater perception of naturalness, says a new paper.