Safety assessment of the process 'EstPak Plastik', based on Starlinger Decon technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials

Autor: EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF), ., Silano, Vittorio, Bolognesi, Claudia, Castle, Laurence, Chipman, Kevin, Cravedi, Jean Pierre, Engel, Karl‐Heinz, Fowler, Paul, Grob, Konrad, Gürtler, Rainer, Husøy, Trine, Kärenlampi, Sirpa, Mennes, Wim, Pfaff, Karla, Rivière, Gilles, Srinivasan, Jannavi, Tavares Poças, Maria de Fátima, Tlustos, Christina, Wölfle, Detlef, Zorn, Holger, Dudler, Vincent, Gontard, Nathalie, Lampi, Eugenia, Nerin, Cristina, Papaspyrides, Constantine, Croera, Cristina, Milana, Maria Rosaria
Přispěvatelé: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), ToxAlim (ToxAlim), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan (INPT - EI Purpan), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes (UMR IATE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Engineering
Food contact materials
recyclage des déchets
040301 veterinary sciences
Process (engineering)
emballage plastique
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
Ingénierie des aliments
safety assessment
emballage alimentaire
TP1-1185
Plant Science
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Microbiology
EstPak Plastik
0403 veterinary science
plastic
[SDV.IDA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering
écoprocédé
Food engineering
Food and Nutrition
interaction aliment emballage
TX341-641
Process engineering
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Nutrition. Foods and food supply
business.industry
Chemical technology
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Starlinger Decon technology
food contact materials
Scientific Opinion
Plastic
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
Recycling process
Safety assessment
sécurité alimentaire
recycling process
Alimentation et Nutrition
poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
business
[SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition
Food Science
Zdroj: EFSA Journal
EFSA Journal, European Food Safety Authority, 2018, 16 (2), ⟨10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5165⟩
EFSA Journal, Vol 16, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2018)
EFSA Journal 2 (16), . (2018)
ISSN: 1831-4732
2314-9396
Popis: This scientific opinion of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF Panel) deals with the safety evaluation of the recycling process EstPak Plastik (EU register No RECYC150), which is based on the Starlinger Decon technology. The decontamination efficiency of the process was demonstrated by a challenge test. The input of this process is hot caustic washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, mainly bottles, containing no more than 5% of PET from non‐food consumer applications. In this technology, washed and dried PET flakes are preheated before being submitted to solid‐state polycondensation (SSP) in a continuous reactor (one single reactor or several reactors in parallel) at high temperature under vacuum and gas flow. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the preheating (step 2) and the decontamination in the continuous SSP reactor (step 3) are the critical steps that determine the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters that control the performance of the process are well defined and are temperature, pressure, residence time and gas flow for steps 2 and 3. Under these conditions, it was demonstrated that the recycling process under evaluation, using the Starlinger Decon technology, is able to ensure that the level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food is below a conservatively modelled migration of 0.1 μg/kg food. Therefore, the Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from this process intended to be used up to 100% for the manufacture of materials and articles for contact with all types of foodstuffs for long‐term storage at room temperature, with or without hotfill, is not considered of safety concern. Trays made of this PET are not intended to be used, and should not be used, in microwave and conventional ovens.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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