§399e — Title 21 Food and Drugs | U.S. Code

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services must step up work to learn more about nanomaterials that are in, or might be put into, products the Food and Drug Administration regulates. That work must focus on possible harmful effects, possible medical benefits, how these materials affect living systems, and how they interact with biological systems. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Secretary may review scientific studies and data; work with other federal agencies to build databases and models about how groups of nanomaterials behave; support FDA programs and joint research on toxic properties and ways to find and measure nanomaterials; collect, analyze, and share scientific information; build FDA lab and field expertise and provide ongoing training; encourage national and international standards efforts; and take other related actions needed to carry out these goals.

Title 21, §399e

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(a)The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall intensify and expand activities related to enhancing scientific knowledge regarding nanomaterials included or intended for inclusion in products regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) or other statutes administered by the Food and Drug Administration, to address issues relevant to the regulation of those products, including the potential toxicology of such nanomaterials, the potential benefit of new therapies derived from nanotechnology, the effects of such nanomaterials on biological systems, and the interaction of such nanomaterials with biological systems.

(b)In conducting activities related to nanotechnology, the Secretary may—

(1)assess scientific literature and data on general nanomaterials interactions with biological systems and on specific nanomaterials of concern to the Food and Drug Administration;

(2)in cooperation with other Federal agencies, develop and organize information using databases and models that will facilitate the identification of generalized principles and characteristics regarding the behavior of classes of nanomaterials with biological systems;

(3)promote Food and Drug Administration programs and participate in collaborative efforts, to further the understanding of the science of novel properties of nanomaterials that might contribute to toxicity;

(4)promote and participate in collaborative efforts to further the understanding of measurement and detection methods for nanomaterials;

(5)collect, synthesize, interpret, and disseminate scientific information and data related to the interactions of nanomaterials with biological systems;

(6)build scientific expertise on nanomaterials within the Food and Drug Administration, including field and laboratory expertise, for monitoring the production and presence of nanomaterials in domestic and imported products regulated under this Act;

(7)ensure ongoing training, as well as dissemination of new information within the centers of the Food and Drug Administration, and more broadly across the Food and Drug Administration, to ensure timely, informed consideration of the most current science pertaining to nanomaterials;

(8)encourage the Food and Drug Administration to participate in international and national consensus standards activities pertaining to nanomaterials; and

(9)carry out other activities that the Secretary determines are necessary and consistent with the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (8).

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The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act

June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of this title and Tables. This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(6), is Pub. L. 112–144,

July 9, 2012, 126 Stat. 993, known as the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, and not as part of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which comprises this chapter.

§399e Nanotechnology

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Title 21, §399e

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