PMID- 35978620
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220818
IS  - 1831-4732 (Electronic)
IS  - 1831-4732 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 8
DP  - 2022 Aug
TI  - Safety assessment of the process LOGIFRUIT, used to recycle high-density 
      polyethylene and polypropylene crates for use as food contact materials.
PG  - e07477
LID - 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7477 [doi]
LID - e07477
AB  - The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) 
      assessed the safety of the recycling process LOGIFRUIT (EU register number 
      RECYC260). The input consists of pre-washed high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or 
      polypropylene (PP) crates from closed and controlled food distribution loops. The 
      process separates crates by material type. Crates are ground to flakes, possibly 
      extruded to pellets and used by companies approved to be in the loop to 
      manufacture new crates. The Panel considered that the quality management system 
      (QAS) put in place to ensure compliance of the origin of the input with 
      Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 and to provide full traceability is 
      critical. The Panel concluded that, when run under the conditions described, the 
      input of the process LOGIFRUIT exclusively originates from product loops which 
      are in closed and controlled chains. The process is designed to ensure that only 
      crates intended for food contact are used and that contamination other than by 
      food can be ruled out. Therefore, the recycling process LOGIFRUIT to produce HDPE 
      and PP crates to be used in contact with fruits and vegetables, and packed meat 
      and fish, dairy, bakery and pastry products is not of safety concern.
CI  - (c) 2022 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA on behalf of the European Food Safety 
      Authority.
CN  - EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP)
FAU - Lambre, Claude
AU  - Lambre C
FAU - Barat Baviera, Jose Manuel
AU  - Barat Baviera JM
FAU - Bolognesi, Claudia
AU  - Bolognesi C
FAU - Chesson, Andrew
AU  - Chesson A
FAU - Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro
AU  - Cocconcelli PS
FAU - Crebelli, Riccardo
AU  - Crebelli R
FAU - Gott, David Michael
AU  - Gott DM
FAU - Grob, Konrad
AU  - Grob K
FAU - Mengelers, Marcel
AU  - Mengelers M
FAU - Mortensen, Alicja
AU  - Mortensen A
FAU - Riviere, Gilles
AU  - Riviere G
FAU - Steffensen, Inger-Lise
AU  - Steffensen IL
FAU - Tlustos, Christina
AU  - Tlustos C
FAU - Van Loveren, Henk
AU  - Van Loveren H
FAU - Vernis, Laurence
AU  - Vernis L
FAU - Zorn, Holger
AU  - Zorn H
FAU - Dudler, Vincent
AU  - Dudler V
FAU - Milana, Maria Rosaria
AU  - Milana MR
FAU - Papaspyrides, Constantine
AU  - Papaspyrides C
FAU - Tavares Pocas, Maria de Fatima
AU  - Tavares Pocas MF
FAU - Lioupis, Alexandros
AU  - Lioupis A
FAU - Tsochatzis, Emmanouil
AU  - Tsochatzis E
FAU - Lampi, Evgenia
AU  - Lampi E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220812
PL  - United States
TA  - EFSA J
JT  - EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
JID - 101642076
PMC - PMC9372817
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Closed loop
OT  - LOGIFRUIT
OT  - food contact materials
OT  - high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
OT  - plastic
OT  - polypropylene (PP)
OT  - recycling process
OT  - safety assessment
EDAT- 2022/08/19 06:00
MHDA- 2022/08/19 06:01
PMCR- 2022/08/12
CRDT- 2022/08/18 02:04
PHST- 2022/08/18 02:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/08/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/19 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/08/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - EFS27477 [pii]
AID - 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7477 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - EFSA J. 2022 Aug 12;20(8):e07477. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7477. eCollection 2022 
      Aug.