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 |
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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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