Lambré, C.; Barat Baviera, JM.; Bolognesi, C.; Chesson, A.; Cocconcelli, PS.; Crebelli, R.; Gott, DM.... (2022). Safety assessment of the process Enkador, based on the Vacurema Prime technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials. EFSA Journal. 20(3):1-13. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7188
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Safety assessment of the process Enkador, based on the Vacurema Prime technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials
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Author:
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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
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UPV Unit:
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Universitat Politècnica de València. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural - Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Agronòmica i del Medi Natural
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Abstract:
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[EN] The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP Panel) assessed the safety of the recycling process Enkador (EU register number RECYC206), which uses the Vacurema Prime technology. The input ...[+]
[EN] The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP Panel) assessed the safety of the recycling process Enkador (EU register number RECYC206), which uses the Vacurema Prime technology. The input material is hot caustic washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes originating from collected post-consumer PET containers, including no more than 5% PET from non-food applications. The flakes are heated in a batch reactor (step 2) and then heated in a continuous reactor (step 3) before being extruded into pellets. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that step 2 and step 3 are critical in determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance of these steps are temperature, pressure and residence time. 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 lg/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 for long term storage at room temperature, 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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Subjects:
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Vacurema Prime
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Fa. Enkador SA
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Food contact materials
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Plastic
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Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
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Recycling process
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Safety assessment
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Copyrigths:
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Reconocimiento - Sin obra derivada (by-nd)
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Source:
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EFSA Journal. (eissn:
1831-4732
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DOI:
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10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7188
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Publisher:
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Willey
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Publisher version:
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https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7188
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Thanks:
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The CEP Panel of EFSA wishes to thank the following for the support provided to this scientific output: Stavroula Sampani. The Panel wishes to acknowledge all European competent institutions, Member State bodies and other ...[+]
The CEP Panel of EFSA wishes to thank the following for the support provided to this scientific output: Stavroula Sampani. The Panel wishes to acknowledge all European competent institutions, Member State bodies and other organisations that provided data for this scientific output.
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Artículo
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