## Europe issues new guidelines for food-contact rPET
_By Editorial Staff, Resource Recycling_
The European Food Safety Authority has [new guidelines][1] for processes producing food-contact PET from recycled material.
Intended as a way to assist both member states and the European Commission in evaluating the safety of food-contact packaging sourced from recycled content, the three scientific opinions specifically assess 10 mechanical recycling processes currently used to recycle PET. In addition to adherence to the processes vetted by the studies, the findings recommend that contamination (in the form of PET sourced from non-food contact applications) be kept under 5 percent and that a standardized system be put in place for periodic monitoring and auditing of material. Food-contact rPET producers are required, under these guidelines, to demonstrate that their processes eliminate chemical contaminants or reduce them to acceptable levels.
The three opinions that form the initial basis for the new guidelines are the first in a series of scientific process reviews to be issued over the next 18 months.
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[1]: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/120802.htm
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