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Safety assessment of the process EREMA Vacurema Basic used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorEFSA FCM Panel (EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials)
dc.contributor.authorLambré, Claude
dc.contributor.authorCrebelli, Riccardo
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, Maria
dc.contributor.authorGrob, Koni
dc.contributor.authorMilana, Maria Rosaria
dc.contributor.authorPronk, Marja
dc.contributor.authorRivière, Gilles
dc.contributor.authorŠčetar, Mario
dc.contributor.authorTheodoridis, Georgios
dc.contributor.authorVan Hoeck, Els
dc.contributor.authorWaegeneers, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorDudler, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorPapaspyrides, Constantine
dc.contributor.authorTavares Poças, Maria de Fátima
dc.contributor.authorMarano, Remigio
dc.contributor.authorLampi, Evgenia
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-09T14:38:28Z
dc.date.available2026-01-09T14:38:28Z
dc.date.issued2025-12
dc.descriptionEFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials Members: Claude Lambré, Riccardo Crebelli, Maria da Silva, Koni Grob, Evgenia Lampi, Maria Rosaria Milana, Marja Pronk, Gilles Rivière, Mario Ščetar, Georgios Theodoridis, Els Van Hoeck, and Nadia Waegeneers.
dc.description.abstractThe EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials (FCM) assessed the safety of the recycling process EREMA Vacurema Basic (EU register number RECYC 336). The input is washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes mainly originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, with below 5% PET from non‐food consumer applications. The flakes are heated in a continuous flake reactor (step 2) under vacuum before being extruded. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that step 2 is critical in determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the efficiency are the temperature, the pressure (vacuum) and the residence time. It was demonstrated that this recycling process ensures that the level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food is below the conservatively modelled migration of 0.0481 or 0.0962 μg/kg food, depending on the molar mass of the contaminant substance. 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, and used for long‐term storage at room temperature or below, with or without hot‐fill. 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.eng
dc.identifier.citationEFSA J. 2025 Dec 15;23(12):e9764. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9764. eCollection 2025 Dec
dc.identifier.doi10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9764
dc.identifier.issn1831-4732
dc.identifier.pmid41404630
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/10674
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9764
dc.relation.ispartofEFSA Journal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectEREMA Vacurema Basic
dc.subjectFood Contact Materials
dc.subjectPlastic
dc.subjectPoly(Ethylene Terephthalate) (PET)
dc.subjectRecycling Process
dc.subjectSafety Assessment
dc.subjectGenotoxicidade Ambiental
dc.titleSafety assessment of the process EREMA Vacurema Basic used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materialseng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue12
oaire.citation.startPagee9764
oaire.citation.titleEFSA Journal
oaire.citation.volume23
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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