Guidance on mechanical PET recycling webinar
Background
On 10 October 2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 entered into force, providing a new legal basis for recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods.
The regulation sets out new definitions and concepts for the recycling of food contact materials (FCMs) and establishes the procedure (including certain data requirements) for the preparation of applications for the authorisation of recycling processes.
In this regulatory context, EFSA is requested to publish scientific guidance describing the evaluation criteria and the scientific evaluation approach it will use to evaluate the decontamination capability of recycling processes as well as the information to be included in an application dossier for the authorisation of a recycling process.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 also defines suitable technologies, specifying if recycling processes are subject to individual authorisations. This is the case for post-consumer mechanical PET recycling, for which scientific guidance has therefore been drafted.
The draft scientific guidance document on post-consumer mechanical PET recycling processes is currently undergoing public consultation which will close 20 March 2024.
Objectives of the meeting
- To present the draft guidance document on post-consumer mechanical PET recycling processes, focussing mainly on the criteria for the evaluation of such recycling processes and the requirements for the content of the technical dossier to be submitted by an applicant in the context of an application for authorisation.
- To provide some context for the public consultation on this draft scientific guidance document, which was endorsed by the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP Panel) in February 2024, and subsequently made available for public consultation from 7 February until 20 March 2024.
Structure of the meeting
10:00-10:05 | Opening of the event: introduction and outline of webinar |
10:05-10:15 | Introduction to the mandate and scope of the draft guidance |
10:15-10:35 | Evaluation criteria |
10:35-10:45 | Q&A session 1 |
10:45-11:05 | Content of the technical dossier |
11:05-11:10 | Public consultation |
11:10-11:25 | Q&A session 2 |
11:25-11:30 | Closing of the event: wrap-up and farewell |
Contact
Do not hesitate to contact the organising committee at events [at] efsa.europa.eu (events[at]efsa[dot]europa[dot]eu) for more information.
Documents
The draft Scientific Guidance is available for public consultation until 20 March 2024 on EFSA’s Connect platform.