欧盟食品安全局就一项PET回收工艺发布意见

　　据欧盟食品安全局消息，应欧委会要求，5月6日欧盟食品安全局就PET回收过程“Phoenix - ESPS”的安全性评估发表科学意见。

　　“Phoenix - ESPS”工艺用于回收PET粉末，之后用于生产PET食品接触材料与制品，这些材料或者制品用于室温下直接接触食品，无论有无热灌装。

　　专家组经过评估得出结论认为，由该回收过程回收的PET用于食品接触材料生产时，不会造成安全问题。

　　部分原文报道如下：

　　The Panel concluded that the recycled PET obtained from the process Phoenix ESPS intended to be 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 is not considered of safety concern.

　　The Panel recommended thatit should be verified periodically, as part of the good manufacturing practice （GMP）， that as foreseen in the Regulation （EC） No 282/2008, art. 4b, the input originates from materials and articles that have been manufactured in accordance with the Community legislation on food contact materials and that the proportion of PET from non-food consumer applications is no more than 5 % in the input to be recycled. Critical steps should be monitored and kept under control; supporting documentation on how it is ensured that the critical steps are operated under conditions at least as severe as those obtained from the challenge test used to measure the decontamination efficiency of the processes should be available.

　　原文链接：<http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3647.htm>