FDA concludes MAS process produces recycled resin suitable for food-contact packaging

Charlotte, North Carolina-based eFactor3 LLC has announced that its Austrian partner, MAS, a manufacturer of plastic processing and plastic recycling equipment, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval confirming that its proposed secondary recycling process produces postconsumer recycled material fit for use in manufacturing packaging for the food industry.

According to the FDA’s No Objection Letter for Recycling Plastics #185, dated Aug. 31, 2015, based on the agency’s review of the proposed recycling process and related data, “We concluded that the proposed secondary recycling process, as described in the subject submission would produce PCR-PET (postconsumer resin – polyethylene terephthalate) material that is suitable for use at levels of up to 100 percent recycled content in the manufacture of PET articles for contact with all food types under cold-filled and hot-filled conditions.”

In light of this determination, MAS machinery and systems offer new options to the food packaging industry where a postconsumer recycled material is required and introduce new opportunities for plastic recycling operations, eFactor3 states in a news release.

More information is available from eFactor3 by contacting its President Hartmut Bendfeldt at hbendfeldt@efactor3.com or by visiting www.efactor3.com.

EFactor3 offers a variety of preshredding, shredding and granulating equipment, along with conveying and separation equipment, systems integration and installation. The company also represents MAS and its plastic processing and plastic recycling equipment, which includes extruders, continuous disc filtration and dry cleaning systems.