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Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials

The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Rekis (EU register number RECYC311), which uses the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology. The input is hot caustic washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthal...

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Autores principales: Lambré, Claude, Barat Baviera, José Manuel, Bolognesi, Claudia, Chesson, Andrew, Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro, Crebelli, Riccardo, Gott, David Michael, Grob, Konrad, Mengelers, Marcel, Mortensen, Alicja, Rivière, Gilles, Steffensen, Inger‐Lise, Tlustos, Christina, Van Loveren, Henk, Vernis, Laurence, Zorn, Holger, Dudler, Vincent, Milana, Maria Rosaria, Papaspyrides, Constantine, Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima, Tsochatzis, Emmanouil, Lampi, Evgenia
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10667957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38027433
http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8407
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author Lambré, Claude
Barat Baviera, José Manuel
Bolognesi, Claudia
Chesson, Andrew
Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro
Crebelli, Riccardo
Gott, David Michael
Grob, Konrad
Mengelers, Marcel
Mortensen, Alicja
Rivière, Gilles
Steffensen, Inger‐Lise
Tlustos, Christina
Van Loveren, Henk
Vernis, Laurence
Zorn, Holger
Dudler, Vincent
Milana, Maria Rosaria
Papaspyrides, Constantine
Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima
Tsochatzis, Emmanouil
Lampi, Evgenia
author_facet Lambré, Claude
Barat Baviera, José Manuel
Bolognesi, Claudia
Chesson, Andrew
Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro
Crebelli, Riccardo
Gott, David Michael
Grob, Konrad
Mengelers, Marcel
Mortensen, Alicja
Rivière, Gilles
Steffensen, Inger‐Lise
Tlustos, Christina
Van Loveren, Henk
Vernis, Laurence
Zorn, Holger
Dudler, Vincent
Milana, Maria Rosaria
Papaspyrides, Constantine
Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima
Tsochatzis, Emmanouil
Lampi, Evgenia
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description The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Rekis (EU register number RECYC311), which uses the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology. The input is hot caustic washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes mainly originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, with no more than 5% PET from non‐food consumer applications. The flakes are pre‐decontaminated in the ■■■■■ at ■■■■■ under ■■■■■ (step 2) before being extruded, pelletised and ■■■■■ (step 3). The crystallised pellets are then ■■■■■ (step 4) and submitted to solid‐state polycondensation (SSP) (step 5) at ■■■■■, under ■■■■■ and ■■■■■. Having examined the challenge tests provided, the Panel concluded that step 2 as well as steps 4 and 5 are critical for determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance are temperature, pressure and residence time for steps 2, 4 and 5 as well as the gas velocity for steps 4 and 5. It was demonstrated that this recycling process is able to ensure that the level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food is below the conservatively modelled migration of 0.1 μg/kg food. 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. The final 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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spelling pubmed-106679572023-11-24 Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials Lambré, Claude Barat Baviera, José Manuel Bolognesi, Claudia Chesson, Andrew Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro Crebelli, Riccardo Gott, David Michael Grob, Konrad Mengelers, Marcel Mortensen, Alicja Rivière, Gilles Steffensen, Inger‐Lise Tlustos, Christina Van Loveren, Henk Vernis, Laurence Zorn, Holger Dudler, Vincent Milana, Maria Rosaria Papaspyrides, Constantine Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima Tsochatzis, Emmanouil Lampi, Evgenia EFSA J Scientific Opinion The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Rekis (EU register number RECYC311), which uses the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology. The input is hot caustic washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes mainly originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, with no more than 5% PET from non‐food consumer applications. The flakes are pre‐decontaminated in the ■■■■■ at ■■■■■ under ■■■■■ (step 2) before being extruded, pelletised and ■■■■■ (step 3). The crystallised pellets are then ■■■■■ (step 4) and submitted to solid‐state polycondensation (SSP) (step 5) at ■■■■■, under ■■■■■ and ■■■■■. Having examined the challenge tests provided, the Panel concluded that step 2 as well as steps 4 and 5 are critical for determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance are temperature, pressure and residence time for steps 2, 4 and 5 as well as the gas velocity for steps 4 and 5. It was demonstrated that this recycling process is able to ensure that the level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food is below the conservatively modelled migration of 0.1 μg/kg food. 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. The final 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. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10667957/ /pubmed/38027433 http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8407 Text en © 2023 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH on behalf of European Food Safety Authority. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Scientific Opinion
Lambré, Claude
Barat Baviera, José Manuel
Bolognesi, Claudia
Chesson, Andrew
Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro
Crebelli, Riccardo
Gott, David Michael
Grob, Konrad
Mengelers, Marcel
Mortensen, Alicja
Rivière, Gilles
Steffensen, Inger‐Lise
Tlustos, Christina
Van Loveren, Henk
Vernis, Laurence
Zorn, Holger
Dudler, Vincent
Milana, Maria Rosaria
Papaspyrides, Constantine
Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima
Tsochatzis, Emmanouil
Lampi, Evgenia
Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
title Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
title_full Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
title_fullStr Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
title_full_unstemmed Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
title_short Safety assessment of the process Rekis, based on the VACUNITE (EREMA basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐leaN) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
title_sort safety assessment of the process rekis, based on the vacunite (erema basic and polymetrix ssp v‐lean) technology, used to recycle post‐consumer pet into food contact materials
topic Scientific Opinion
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10667957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38027433
http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8407
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