| ECO2 Plastics to apply for FDA approval
ECO2 Plastics, Inc. announced that initial test results demonstrate that
the Company’s cleaning process can produce PET plastic flake that is
suitably pure for use in the manufacturing of food-contact containers.
“Based upon the initial data and analysis performed by The National
Food Laboratory, Inc., and our attorneys Keller & Heckman, we are pleased
to see that our process meets the food-contact standards of the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA). Not only are we recycling PET bottles in an
environmentally friendly way, but we are delivering the highest possible
quality through the process as well,” said Rod Rougelot, ECO2’s
CEO.
Preliminary calculations demonstrated that ECO2’s recycling process
is capable of producing PET resin that is suitably pure for use at levels
up to 100% in the manufacture of food-contact articles that will be used
in contact with all food types under the FDA’s Condition of Use C (“Hot
filled or pasteurized above 150°F”) through H (“Frozen or
refrigerated storage: Ready-prepared foods intended to be reheated in container
at time of use”). The Company is conducting further tests and is expecting
to file a formal application with the FDA in the first quarter of 2008. |
