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Safety assessment of the process Palamidis, based on the EREMA Basic technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials

Authors :
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 de Fátima Tavares Poças
Gianluca Colombo
Alexandros Lioupis
Evgenia Lampi
Source :
EFSA Journal, Vol 22, Iss 7, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Wiley, 2024.

Abstract

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Palamidis (EU register number RECYC325), which uses the EREMA Basic technology. The input material is hot caustic 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 ■■■■■ reactor under vacuum before being extruded. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the ■■■■■ 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 migrations of 0.1 and 0.15 μg/kg food, derived from the exposure scenarios for infants and toddlers, when such recycled PET is used at up to 100%. Therefore, the Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from this process is not of safety concern when used at up to 100% for the manufacture of materials and articles for contact with all types of foodstuffs, including 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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18314732
Volume :
22
Issue :
7
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
EFSA Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2404a8ed64a140e28d60ef0d33fc3287
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8916