The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.

Julia Griffin 8/19/26 Julia Griffin 8/19/26

OECD Tour de Table (2026)

In June 2026, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published Developments in Delegations on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials – Tour de Table, a report of the Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee summarizing safety and regulatory developments between July 2024 and June 2025.‍‍ ‍

Julia Griffin 7/8/25 Julia Griffin 7/8/25

OECD Tour De Table Summarizes Advances in Nanomaterial Safety

The report, Developments in Delegations on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials between July 2023 and June 2024 – Tour de Table, includes risk assessment decisions, risk management approaches, good practice documents, research projects, and efforts to implement the OECD recommendation on the safety testing/assessment of nanomaterials.

Julia Griffin 2/5/25 Julia Griffin 2/5/25

Vireo’s Latest Publication Identifies and Prioritizes Potential Risks Throughout the Product Life-Cycle from Use of Second-Generation Cellulose Nanomaterials in Food and Food-contact Applications

James Ede 6/24/24 James Ede 6/24/24

June 27, 2024 National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Webinar featuring Yueyang Zhang of Vireo and Nathan Drew at NIOSH

Yueyang Zhang (Vireo Advisors, LLC) and Nathan Drew (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) shared their perspectives on the new tools, approaches, and models that are being developed to assess and manage potential risks from #nanomaterials in a National Nanotechnology Institute Webinar on June 27, 2024

Fiona Case 2/14/24 Fiona Case 2/14/24

Nano and sustainable materials: testing, commercialization and regulatory roundup

Our roundup of what’s new and notable in sustainable and biobased materials.