Scientific Opinion on the safety evaluation of the following processes based on VACUREMA Prime ® technology used to recycle post-consumer PET into food contact materials “Eco Plastics”, “Vogtland”, “Polowat” and “STF”

EFSA Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

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Author keywords

Food contact materials; Plastic; Poly(ethylene terephthalate) PET; Process; Recycling; Safety evaluation; VACUREMA Prime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885185763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2907     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), 2008. Guidelines for the submission of an application for safety evaluation by the EFSA of a recycling process to produce recycled plastics intended to be used for manufacture of materials and articles in contact with food, prior to its authorisation. The EFSA Journal, 717, 2–12.
2. EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF), 2011. Scientific Opinion on the criteria to be used for safety evaluation of a mechanical recycling process to produce recycled PET intended to be used for manufacture of materials and articles in contact with food. EFSA Journal, 9(7): 2184, 25 pp.