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EFSA JOURNAL
卷 21, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7831
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EREMA Basic; Zhenjiang Ceville Recycled Fiber; food contact materials; plastic; poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET); recycling process; safety assessment
The EFSA Panel has assessed the safety of the recycling process Zhenjiang Ceville, which utilizes the EREMA Basic technology. The process involves using hot washed and dried PET flakes from post-consumer PET containers as input material. The Panel concluded that the reactor in step 2 is crucial in determining the decontamination efficiency, and the operating parameters for this step include temperature, pressure, and residence time. The recycled PET obtained from this process is considered safe for contact with all types of foodstuffs at up to 100% usage, as long-term storage at room temperature, with or without hotfill.
The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Zhenjiang Ceville (EU register number RECYC269), which uses the EREMA Basic technology. The input material is hot 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 before being extruded. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the reactor of 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 8 mu g/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, with or without hotfill. Articles made of this recycled PET are not intended to be used in microwave and conventional ovens and such uses are not covered by this evaluation.
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