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Safety assessment of the process NGR LSP used to recycle postā€consumer PET into food contact materials

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dc.contributor.authorEFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials (FCM)
dc.contributor.authorLambrƩ, Claude
dc.contributor.authorCrebelli, Riccardo
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Maria de
dc.contributor.authorGrob, Koni
dc.contributor.authorMilana, Maria Rosaria
dc.contributor.authorPronk, Marja
dc.contributor.authorRiviĆØre, 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 PoƧas, Maria de FƔtima
dc.contributor.authorComandella, Daniele
dc.contributor.authorLioupis, Alexandros
dc.contributor.authorLampi, Evgenia
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-21T10:39:53Z
dc.date.available2025-07-21T10:39:53Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-13
dc.descriptionMaria JoĆ£o Silva. Departamento de GenĆ©tica Humana, INSA
dc.description.abstractThe EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials (FCM) assessed the safety of the recycling process NGR LSP (EU register number RECYC328). The input is hot washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes mainly originating from collected postā€consumer PET containers, with no more than 5% PET from nonā€food consumer applications. The flakes are dried (step 2), melted in an extruder (step 3) and decontaminated during a meltā€state polycondensation step under high temperature and vacuum (step 4). In step 5, the material is granulated. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the meltā€state polycondensation (step 4) is critical in determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance of step 4 are the pressure, the temperature, the residence time and the characteristics of the reactor. 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 Ī¼g/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 longā€term storage at room temperature or below, with or without hotā€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.citationEEFSA J .2025 Jan 13;23(1):e9196. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9196. eCollection 2025 Jan
dc.identifier.doi10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9196
dc.identifier.eissn1831-4732
dc.identifier.pmid39807489
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/10532
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9196
dc.relation.ispartofEFSA Journal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectNGR LSP
dc.subjectFood Contact Materials
dc.subjectNext Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH
dc.subjectPlastic
dc.subjectPoly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)
dc.subjectRecycling Process
dc.subjectSafety Assessment
dc.subjectGenotoxicidade Ambiental
dc.subjectEnvironmental Genotoxicity
dc.subjectSeguranƧa Alimentar
dc.subjectGenotoxicidade Ambiental
dc.titleSafety assessment of the process NGR LSP used to recycle postā€consumer PET into food contact materialseng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPagee9196
oaire.citation.titleEFSA Journal
oaire.citation.volume23
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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