Polyethylene and
polypropylene grades approved in Brazil.
EcoLogic,
a company creating and providing environmentally responsible solutions globally
for plastics, announces that the company’s Eco-One additives for enhancing
biodegradation of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) have been found to
be compliant to Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA)
Resolution RDC N.17 of March 17, 2008 for use in food contact applications in
Brazil.
In Brazil, ‘resolutions’ for food packaging materials
(according to the type of packaging material) have been published by the
ANVISA, which is linked to the Ministry of Health. For plastic materials,
the ANVISA Positive List of Additives was updated by Resolution RDC N. 17 of
March 17, 2008. The purpose of ANVISA, an autonomous agency, is to foster
protection of the health of the population by exercising sanitary control over
production and marketing of products and services subject to sanitary
surveillance.
“Gaining ANVISA approval in Brazil is comparable to FDA
approval in the US,” said Tamas Vero of TIV Plasticos, EcoLogic's distributor
in Brazil. “This exciting news paves the way for Eco–One to be used in a wide
variety of common food packaging applications (in Brazil).”
The analytical work to conclude Eco-One components are on
the ANVISA positive list was conducted by Centro De Qualidade Analitica (CQA)
Laboratorios in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Grades for PP and PE are the first
Eco-One grades to gain compliance. EcoLogic plans to submit additional grades
of Eco-One for compliance testing to ANVISA's Positive List of Additives in the
near future.
