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

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Cirrec Netherlands BV (EU register number RECYC283), 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 less 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 continuo... Mehr ...

Verfasser: 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
Katharina Volk
Evgenia Lampi
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Reihe/Periodikum: EFSA Journal, Vol 21, Iss 7, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wiley
Schlagwörter: EREMA Basic / Cirrec Netherlands BV / food contact materials / plastic / poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) / recycling process / Nutrition. Foods and food supply / TX341-641 / Chemical technology / TP1-1185
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8086

Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Cirrec Netherlands BV (EU register number RECYC283), 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 less 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%. Therefore, the Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from this process is not considered to be 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. This evaluation does not cover uses of the recycled PET in microwaves or conventional ovens.