EFSA consults industry on food and feed nanotechnology guidance
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has opened a public consultation on its draft guidance for the risk assessment of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications in the food and feed chain. It is expected that EFSA will discuss the new draft rules until March 2018. New changes were proposed based on research conducted since 2011, and offering a wide range of new products based on the application of nanotechnology, reports feednavigator.com. 
January 16, the head of 'Genetics & Breeding of Cattle' Practice of Omsky Biocluster Anatoly Shulakov met with the Chairman of the Sibiryak Company (Moskalensky district of Omsk region) Alexander Shachnev (within the Effective Livestock Program). The subject of discussion: the issues of increasing the economic efficiency of dairy cattle breeding in modern conditions. 
About 10 distilleries in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania are ready for re-profiling for the production of bioethanol, head of the republican department for state regulation of production and turnover of alcoholic and alcohol-containing products, Batraz Khidirov, said on January 16, TASS reported. 
Roskontrol (non-profit organization) conducted an examination of semi-finished products from chicken, more precisely chicken broilers: thighs with chilled skin, made under the brands Petelinka, Rzhevskoe Podvorye, Miratorg, Yasnye Zori, To Chto Nado!, Kazhdy Den. 
January 11, the rector of Omsk State Agrarian University (member of Omsky Biocluster), professor, doctor of economic sciences Oksana Shumakova and the President of the Manyakin's Omsk Regional Development Fund, the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Omsk region Stepan Bonkovsky signed the Agreement on cooperation and interaction. 
January 15, experts of the 'Genetics & Breeding of Cattle' Practice of Omsky Biocluster worked in the agricultural enterprise Lider LLC (Bolsherechensky district, Omsk region). 
The head of Omsk region, Alexander Burkov, met in Moscow with the head of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO Russia) Mikhail Kotyukov. The main issue was the use of Omsk science resources for the development of agro-industrial complex projects. 
Specialists of the laboratory of quality and safety of products of animal and vegetable origin, feed and environmental objects of Omsk Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor (member of Omsky Biocluster) took part in international comparative trials and confirmed their competence.