Guidelines on submission of a dossier 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 - Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC)

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Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

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EID: 85078374231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.717     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Note: The references cited below are those used by the EFSA to draft the guidelines. The reference section is not aimed to be an exhaustive bibliography.
2. AFSSA, Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, 2007: Opinion of the French Food Safety Agency on the assessment of health risks associated with the use of materials made from recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) intended for or placed in contact with foodstuffs and drinking water; www.afssa.fr/Ftp/Afssa/38790-40715.pdf
3. Begley, T. H., McNeal, T. P., Biles, J. E., Paquette, K. E., 2002: Evaluating the potential for recycling all PET bottles into new food packaging, Food Additives and Contaminants, 19, Supplement, 135–143
4. Coulier L., Orbons H.G.M., Rijk R., 2007: Analytical protocol to study the food safety of (multiple-)recycled, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) crates: Influence of recycling on the migration and formation of degradation products, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 92, 2016–2025
5. European Commission, 2002: Commission Directive 2002/72/EC of 6 August 2002 relating to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs; OJ L 220 15.8.2002
6. European Commission, 2004: Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC, OJ L 338, 13.11.2004
7. European Commission, 2006: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 of 22 December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food; OJ L 384 29.12.2006
8. European Commission, 2007: Document [SANCO 3447/2007] [Draft] Commission Regulation (EC) No [XXX/2008]on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006
9. European Commission, 2008: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006
10. FDA, Food and Drug Administration, 1992: Points to consider for the Use of Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging: Chemistry Considerations, December 1992, www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/opa-cg3b.html
11. FDA, Food and Drug Administration, 2006: Use of Recycled Plastics in Food Packaging: Chemistry Considerations, Division of Food Contact Notifications HFS-275, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740 www.cfsan.fda.gov/guidance.html
12. Franz R., Bayer F. and Welle F., 2004a: Guidance and Criteria for Safe Recycling of Post Consumer Polyethylene Terephthalate into New Food Packaging Applications. Report EUR 21155 - Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities ISBN 92–894-6776-2 (the report will be available on the Ispra JRC web site and the link will then be added)
13. Franz R., Mauer A. and Welle F., 2004b: European Survey on Post-Consumer Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Materials to Determine Contamination Levels and Maximum Consumer Exposure from Food Packages Made from Recycled PET. Food Additives and Contaminants 21, 265–286
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15. Pennarun P.Y., Saillard P., Feigenbaum A., Dole P., 2005: Experimental Direct Evaluation of Functional Barriers in PET Recycled Bottles: Comparison of Migration Behaviour of Mono-and Multilayers, Packaging Technology and Science; 18: 107–123
16. Vilaplana F., Ribes-Greus A., Karlsson S., 2007: Analytical strategies for the quality assessment of recycled high-impact polystyrene: A combination of thermal analysis, vibrational spectroscopy, and chromatography, Analytica Chimica Acta 604, 18–28
17. Welle F., 2005: Post-consumer contamination in high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk bottles and the design of a bottle-to-bottle recycling process, Food Additives and Contaminants; 22: 999–1011