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Safety assessment of the process quinn packaging, based on erema basic technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials

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dc.contributor.authorEFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP)
dc.contributor.authorPoças, Maria de Fátima Tavares
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-15T16:27:59Z
dc.date.available2021-05-15T16:27:59Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process Quinn Packaging (EU register number RECYC172). The input is hot caustic 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. They are heated in a continuous reactor under vacuum before being extruded. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the continuous reactor step (step 2) is the critical step that determines the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance of this critical step 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 0.15 μg/kg food, derived from the exposure scenario for toddlers. Therefore, the Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from this process is not of safety concern when the final thermoformed trays and containers manufactured with the recycled sheets and not used for packaging water contain up to 100% recycled post-consumer PET. Trays made of this recycled PET are not intended to be used in microwave and conventional ovens and such use is not covered by this evaluation.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5771pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid85070232645
dc.identifier.issn1831-4732
dc.identifier.pmcPMC7009048
dc.identifier.pmid32626384
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33159
dc.identifier.wos000477937200023
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectErema Basicpt_PT
dc.subjectFood contact materialspt_PT
dc.subjectPlasticpt_PT
dc.subjectPoly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)pt_PT
dc.subjectQuinn packagingpt_PT
dc.subjectRecycling processpt_PT
dc.subjectSafety assessmentpt_PT
dc.titleSafety assessment of the process quinn packaging, based on erema basic technology, used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materialspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue7pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEFSA Journalpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume17pt_PT
person.familyNamePoças
person.givenNameMaria de Fátima
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6598-6515
person.identifier.scopus-author-id15127714500
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