Erema Claims FDA Approves its Vacurema Recycled PET Plastics for Food Packaging

Erema announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have approved the company’s Vacurema system for an additional category. The new category, labeled J, will allow the company’s recycled plastics, generated through the Vacurema system, to be used for packaging for food and ready-prepared meal packaging and containers. According to Erema, the containers can now be made of up to 100 percent recycled PET produced with the Vacurema recycling systems, even if temperatures rise above 120°C (250°F) during the heating process.

Erema already has approval for the recycled plastics to be used in FDA’s categories C through H.

This extension to the scope of approval has also been carried out by two independent institutes (Fraunhofer and Keller & Heckman) in various forms, including challenge tests. Both this extension and the other FDA approvals apply to systems that have already been supplied. This means that not only new customers but also existing owners of VACUREMA recycling machines will now benefit from the extended scope of possibilities for the rPET pellets produced by the systems.

EREMA specializes in the development, manufacturing and worldwide distribution of plastic recycling systems and technologies for the plastics processing industry.