食品伙伴網(wǎng)訊  據(jù)歐盟食品安全局（EFSA）消息，3月5日歐盟食品安全局就一種回收處理PET瓶用作食品接觸材料的工藝發(fā)布了意見。

    該種回收處理工藝的名稱為"Holfeld Diamat",可分為三步。第一步將廢棄材料加工成碎片，清洗干燥，接著與未經(jīng)利用的碎片混合；第二步在反應(yīng)器內(nèi)將混合碎片做結(jié)晶處理；第三步真空脫氣并擠壓成薄片。

    部分原文報道如下：

    This scientific opinion of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids deals with the safety evaluation of the recycling process Holfeld Diamat （EC register number RECYC076） which is based on the Diamat ? technology. The input of the process is washed and dried PET flakes originating from collected post-consumer PET containers, mainly bottles, containing no more than 5 % of PET from non-food consumer applications. Through this process, post-consumer washed and dried PET flakes are mixed up to 50 % with virgin PET flakes before being heated in a crystallisation reactor （step 2） and extruded under vacuum into sheets （step 3）。

    After having examined the challenge tests provided, the Panel concluded that the decontamination in the two consecutive extruders step 3 is the critical step for the decontamination efficiency of the process. The operating parameters to control its performance are well defined and are the temperature, the pressure and the residence time. The operating parameters of these steps in the process are at least as severe as those obtained from the challenge test. Under these conditions, it was demonstrated that the recycling process is able to ensure that the level of migration of potential unknown contaminants into food is below a conservatively modelled migration of 0.15 μg/kg food derived from the exposure scenario for toddlers.

    Therefore, the recycled PET obtained from the process Holfeld Diamat intended for the manufacture of recycled thermoformed trays and containers made with up to 50 % recycled post-consumer PET and intended for contact for long term storage at room temperature with all types of foodstuffs except packaged water is not considered of safety concern.

    原文鏈接：<http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/doc/3118.pdf>