The NanoLyse project is a European collaborative research project which is partly funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme, contract no. 245162. It is dedicated to the development of analytical methods for detection and characterisation of engineered nanoparticles in food. The NanoLyse consortium comprises 10 universities and research centres from Europe and Canada and is coordinated by RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety (Wageningen UR). The project started in January 2010 and will last for 3 years.