EFSA Opinion on recycling of HDPE bottles for use as FCM

This scientific opinion deals with the safety assessment of the recycling processes ‘CLRrHDPE’ and ‘Biffa Polymers’. These processes are used to recycle post-consumer high-density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles which have been in contact with food, mainly milk, to produce recycled HDPE pellets.
For recycled bottles for milks and fruit juices and trays for animal products, additional data should be provided before EFSA can conclude on the safety assessment. For recycled trays intended for contact with whole fruits and vegetables including mushrooms, EFSA concluded that recycled HDPE obtained from the process Biffa Polymers is not considered of safety concern (EFSA Journal, 18 February 2015).
Click here for the full EFSA Opinion.
Click here for EU Regulation 282/2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods.
Click here for more information about the online NVC E-Workshop Food Contact Materials Legislation.

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