UltrePET Receives No Objection from Health Canada

UltrePET LLC, based in Bedford, Mass., has announced that, following what it describes as “an extensive review process,” it has received a letter of non-objection from the Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada approving the use of up to 100 percent of its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycled resins in the manufacturing of containers intended for packaging food and beverages.

UltrePET has held similar U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals for its post-consumer PET products for the past five years.

“The letter of non-objection from Health Canada is a significant step in our growth plans,” says Scott Mellen, president of UltrePET. “We currently have an important presence in Canada through our plastics recycling subsidiary, Novapet Inc., located in Nova Scotia. This Canadian approval will position us to expand our food container end markets and allow us to provide a complete sustainability solution to our strategic customers in the food and beverage industry.”

Paul Zordan, vice president and general manager of UltrePET, adds, “This approval is exciting for the Company because it propels our sales growth internationally, opening food and beverage container markets for UltrePET in Canada.”

UltrePET LLC is an independent North American PET reclaimer with operations in Albany, N.Y., and Amherst, Nova Scotia. The company specializes in recycled resins serving the FDA bottle market, sheet applications, engineering resin markets and strapping.

UltrePET is a partnership of wTe Corp. of Bedford and TOMRA of North America, based in Shelton, Conn.