학술논문
Safety assessment of the process Reciclar, based on the EREMA Basic technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
Document Type
article
Author
EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP); Claude Lambré; José Manuel Barat Baviera; Claudia Bolognesi; Andrew Chesson; Pier Sandro Cocconcelli; Riccardo Crebelli; David Michael Gott; Konrad Grob; Marcel Mengelers; Alicja Mortensen; Gilles Rivière; Inger‐Lise Steffensen; Christina Tlustos; Henk Van Loveren; Laurence Vernis; Holger Zorn; Vincent Dudler; Maria Rosaria Milana; Constantine Papaspyrides; Maria deFátima Tavares Poças; Alexandros Lioupis; Marta Lopez Villegas; Evgenia Lampi
Source
EFSA Journal, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1831-4732
Abstract
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Reciclar (EU register number RECYC314), which uses the EREMA Basic technology. The input material is ■■■■■ washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, including no more than 5% PET from non‐food consumer applications. The flakes are heated in a continuous reactor under vacuum before being extruded. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the continuous decontamination (step 2), for which a challenge test was provided, is critical in determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance of this step are temperature, pressure and residence time. It was demonstrated that this recycling process is able to ensure a level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food below the conservatively modelled migration of 0.1 μg/kg food, derived from the exposure scenario for infants, when such recycled PET is used at up to 100% in mixtures with virgin PET. Therefore, the Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from this process is not of safety concern when used at up to 100% in mixtures with virgin PET for manufacturing of materials and articles for contact with all types of foodstuffs, including drinking water bottles, except drinking water, for long‐term storage at room temperature or below, with or without hotfill. Articles made of this recycled PET are not intended to be used in microwave or conventional ovens and such uses are not covered by this evaluation.