Regulatory Requirements for the Use of PET in the United States (Portuguese)
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by Invenimus Team
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Level: Beginner
Course overview
Descubra os benefícios ambientais do PET reciclado, os principais processos de reciclagem e os requisitos da FDA para garantir sua segurança em embalagens em contato com alimentos.
Course Overview
Course Highlights
A short explanation of what this course is all about
PET and Sustainable Packaging
Discover PET’s role in food packaging and its barrier properties against oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Environmental Benefits of Recycling
Understand how recycling helps reduce petroleum consumption, CO₂ emissions, and waste.
Sources of Recycled Materials
Distinguish between pre-consumer and post-consumer materials, their sources, and their processing needs.
Three Recycling Processes
Explore primary recycling, physical reprocessing, and chemical recycling through depolymerization.
U.S. Regulatory Framework
Discover the FDA’s approach to evaluating recycling processes for plastics intended for food contact.
Technical Submissions and No Objection Letters
Identify the technical information, processing conditions, and test results that support obtaining a letter of no objection.
Contaminants and Food Safety
Evaluating Decontamination
Understand how challenge testing evaluates a recycling process’s effectiveness in removing contaminants from PET.

