Is nanotechnology used in agricultural and veterinary chemicals and chemical products already?
APVMA assessment of agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals and chemical products currently registered in Australia has not identified any to contain engineered nanomaterials. However it is important that the APVMA is prepared and has relevant regulations and risk assessments in place because a very small number of registration applications for agvet chemicals and chemical products containing engineered nanomaterials are now being received. The APVMA expects that nanotechnology will increasingly become part of new product development in the agvet sector, as it has already for therapeutic goods and industrial chemicals. The APVMA is continuing to monitor developments of nanotechnologies in relation to agvet chemicals and chemical products and is examining the need for inclusion of any regulatory mechanisms. At the same time, the APVMA is addressing any changes considered necessary to operational processes, such as modifying data requirements and the risk assessment framework for a
