PMID- 32625668
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231004
IS  - 1831-4732 (Electronic)
IS  - 1831-4732 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Jan
TI  - Safety assessment of the process 'Morssinkhof Plastics', used to recycle 
      high-density polyethylene and polypropylene crates for use as food contact 
      materials.
PG  - e05117
LID - 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5117 [doi]
LID - e05117
AB  - This scientific opinion of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, 
      Flavourings and Processing Aids (CEF Panel) deals with the safety evaluation of 
      the recycling process 'Morssinkhof Plastics', EU register No RECYC0142. The input 
      consists of crates, boxes, trays, pallets and containers, hereafter termed 
      'crates', used in food contact, made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or 
      polypropylene (PP). It comprises unused damaged crates, prewashed used crates and 
      parts of crates originating from closed and controlled product loops. The process 
      separates crates by material type and food type (fruit, vegetables and prepacked 
      meat vs unpacked meat). Flakes from recycled HDPE or PP are produced that will be 
      used by customers to manufacture new crates for food contact. The 
      Panel considered that the management system put in place to ensure compliance of 
      the origin of the input with Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 and to 
      provide full traceability from input to final product is the critical process 
      step. It concluded that the input of the process 'Morssinkhof Plastics' 
      originates from product loops which are in closed and controlled chains designed 
      to ensure that only materials and articles which have been intended for food 
      contact are used and that any contamination can be ruled out when run under the 
      conditions described by the applicant. The recycling process 'Morssinkhof 
      Plastics' is, therefore, able to produce recycled HDPE and PP suitable for 
      manufacturing HDPE and PP crates intended to be used in contact with dry food, 
      fruits and vegetables, prepacked and unpacked meat. The use of regrind from 
      'external' recyclers only based on private agreements, does not give reassurance 
      to fall under the scope of Art. 4 c (i) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 
      and is excluded from the present evaluation.
CI  - (c) 2018 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and 
      Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority.
CN  - EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids 
      (CEF)
FAU - Silano, Vittorio
AU  - Silano V
FAU - Bolognesi, Claudia
AU  - Bolognesi C
FAU - Castle, Laurence
AU  - Castle L
FAU - Chipman, Kevin
AU  - Chipman K
FAU - Cravedi, Jean-Pierre
AU  - Cravedi JP
FAU - Engel, Karl-Heinz
AU  - Engel KH
FAU - Fowler, Paul
AU  - Fowler P
FAU - Franz, Roland
AU  - Franz R
FAU - Grob, Konrad
AU  - Grob K
FAU - Gurtler, Rainer
AU  - Gurtler R
FAU - Husoy, Trine
AU  - Husoy T
FAU - Karenlampi, Sirpa
AU  - Karenlampi S
FAU - Mennes, Wim
AU  - Mennes W
FAU - Pfaff, Karla
AU  - Pfaff K
FAU - Riviere, Gilles
AU  - Riviere G
FAU - Srinivasan, Jannavi
AU  - Srinivasan J
FAU - Tavares Pocas, Maria de Fatima
AU  - Tavares Pocas MF
FAU - Tlustos, Christina
AU  - Tlustos C
FAU - Wolfle, Detlef
AU  - Wolfle D
FAU - Zorn, Holger
AU  - Zorn H
FAU - Dudler, Vincent
AU  - Dudler V
FAU - Gontard, Nathalie
AU  - Gontard N
FAU - Lampi, Eugenia
AU  - Lampi E
FAU - Nerin, Cristina
AU  - Nerin C
FAU - Papaspyrides, Constantine
AU  - Papaspyrides C
FAU - Lioupis, Alexandros
AU  - Lioupis A
FAU - Milana, Maria Rosaria
AU  - Milana MR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180115
PL  - United States
TA  - EFSA J
JT  - EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
JID - 101642076
PMC - PMC7009420
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - food contact materials
OT  - high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
OT  - plastic
OT  - polypropylene (PP)
OT  - recycling process
OT  - safety assessment
OT  - 'Morssinkhof Plastics'
EDAT- 2018/01/15 00:00
MHDA- 2018/01/15 00:01
PMCR- 2018/01/15
CRDT- 2020/07/07 06:00
PHST- 2020/07/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/01/15 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/15 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/01/15 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - EFS25117 [pii]
AID - 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5117 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - EFSA J. 2018 Jan 15;16(1):e05117. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5117. eCollection 2018 
      Jan.