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Safety assessment of the process EREMA VACUNITE (EREMA Vacurema Basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐LeaN) 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.authorSfika, Vasiliki
dc.contributor.authorTsochatzis, Emmanouil
dc.contributor.authorLampi, Evgenia
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-09T11:49:49Z
dc.date.available2026-01-09T11:49:49Z
dc.date.issued2025-07
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 VACUNITE (EREMA Vacurema Basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐LeaN) (EU register number RECYC332). The input is hot caustic/surfactant‐washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, with no more than 5% PET from non‐food consumer applications. The flakes are first decontaminated in a ■■■■■ flake reactor under ■■■■■ (step 2), then extruded, pelletised and ■■■■■ (step 3). The ■■■■■ pellets are ■■■■■ (step 4) and submitted to solid‐state polycondensation (SSP) in a ■■■■■ reactor at ■■■■■ under ■■■■■ and ■■■■■ (step 5). Having examined the challenge tests provided, the Panel concluded that steps 2 and 5 are critical for determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance of steps 2 and 5 are temperature, pressure and residence time as well as ■■■■■ for step 5. 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 a 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, 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 Jul 25;23(7):e9575. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9575. eCollection 2025 Jul
dc.identifier.doi10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9575
dc.identifier.issn1831-4732
dc.identifier.pmid40718749
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/10670
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9575
dc.relation.ispartofEFSA Journal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEREMA VACUNITE (EREMA Vacurema basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐LeaN)
dc.subjectEREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.M.b.H
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 VACUNITE (EREMA Vacurema Basic and Polymetrix SSP V‐LeaN) used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materialseng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue7
oaire.citation.startPagee9575
oaire.citation.titleEFSA Journal
oaire.citation.volume23
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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