Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process WIP (EU register number RECYC187), which uses the Starlinger deCON technology. The input material is hot washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes origin...
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doaj-dbd9c74dd3a94961a5c34283d49d12712021-05-19T13:00:38ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322020-07-01187n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6187Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materialsEFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP)Vittorio SilanoJosé Manuel Barat BavieraClaudia BolognesiAndrew ChessonPier Sandro CocconcelliRiccardo CrebelliDavid Michael GottKonrad GrobClaude LambréMarcel MengelersAlicja MortensenGilles RivièreInger‐Lise SteffensenChristina TlustosHenk Van LoverenLaurence VernisHolger ZornVincent DudlerMaria Rosaria MilanaConstantine PapaspyridesMaria de Fátima Tavares PoçasAlexandros LioupisEvgenia LampiAbstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process WIP (EU register number RECYC187), which uses the Starlinger deCON technology. The input material is hot washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, e.g. bottles, including no more than 5% PET from non‐food consumer applications. The flakes are preheated before being submitted to solid‐state polycondensation (SSP) in a continuous reactor at high temperature under vacuum and gas flow. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the preheating (step 2) and the decontamination in the continuous SSP reactor (step 3) are critical in determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance of these critical steps are temperature, pressure, residence time and gas flow rate. It was demonstrated that this recycling process is able to ensure a level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food below the conservatively modelled migration of 0.1 μg/kg food. Therefore, the Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from this process is not considered to be 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 hot‐fill. Trays 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.https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6187Starlinger deCONWIP Sp. z o.o. Spółka komandytowafood contact materialsplasticpoly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)recycling process |
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EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) Vittorio Silano José Manuel Barat Baviera Claudia Bolognesi Andrew Chesson Pier Sandro Cocconcelli Riccardo Crebelli David Michael Gott Konrad Grob Claude Lambré Marcel Mengelers Alicja Mortensen Gilles Rivière Inger‐Lise Steffensen Christina Tlustos Henk Van Loveren Laurence Vernis Holger Zorn Vincent Dudler Maria Rosaria Milana Constantine Papaspyrides Maria de Fátima Tavares Poças Alexandros Lioupis Evgenia Lampi |
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EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) Vittorio Silano José Manuel Barat Baviera Claudia Bolognesi Andrew Chesson Pier Sandro Cocconcelli Riccardo Crebelli David Michael Gott Konrad Grob Claude Lambré Marcel Mengelers Alicja Mortensen Gilles Rivière Inger‐Lise Steffensen Christina Tlustos Henk Van Loveren Laurence Vernis Holger Zorn Vincent Dudler Maria Rosaria Milana Constantine Papaspyrides Maria de Fátima Tavares Poças Alexandros Lioupis Evgenia Lampi Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials EFSA Journal Starlinger deCON WIP Sp. z o.o. Spółka komandytowa food contact materials plastic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) recycling process |
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EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) Vittorio Silano José Manuel Barat Baviera Claudia Bolognesi Andrew Chesson Pier Sandro Cocconcelli Riccardo Crebelli David Michael Gott Konrad Grob Claude Lambré Marcel Mengelers Alicja Mortensen Gilles Rivière Inger‐Lise Steffensen Christina Tlustos Henk Van Loveren Laurence Vernis Holger Zorn Vincent Dudler Maria Rosaria Milana Constantine Papaspyrides Maria de Fátima Tavares Poças Alexandros Lioupis Evgenia Lampi |
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EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) |
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Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials |
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Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials |
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Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials |
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Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials |
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Safety assessment of the process WIP, based on Starlinger deCON technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact materials |
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safety assessment of the process wip, based on starlinger decon technology, used to recycle post‐consumer pet into food contact materials |
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Abstract The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process WIP (EU register number RECYC187), which uses the Starlinger deCON technology. The input material is hot washed and dried poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) flakes originating from collected post‐consumer PET containers, e.g. bottles, including no more than 5% PET from non‐food consumer applications. The flakes are preheated before being submitted to solid‐state polycondensation (SSP) in a continuous reactor at high temperature under vacuum and gas flow. Having examined the challenge test provided, the Panel concluded that the preheating (step 2) and the decontamination in the continuous SSP reactor (step 3) are critical in determining the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control the performance of these critical steps are temperature, pressure, residence time and gas flow rate. It was demonstrated that this recycling process is able to ensure a level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food below the conservatively modelled migration of 0.1 μg/kg food. Therefore, the Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from this process is not considered to be 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 hot‐fill. Trays 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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Starlinger deCON WIP Sp. z o.o. Spółka komandytowa food contact materials plastic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) recycling process |
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