CDRF Holds Seminar on Policy Study on Primary Recycling of Plastic Packaging for Food Contact Purposes

On the afternoon of 19 December 2023, the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF) held a seminar on "Policy Study on Primary Recycling of Plastic Packaging for Food Contact Purposes". Fang Jin, vice chairman and secretary-general of CDRF, delivered a speech, and Chen Junshi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and general consultant of China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, made a keynote speech. Cheng Huiqiang, deputy secretary-general of CDRF, hosted the seminar.

Relevant department leaders and experts from the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Health Commission, the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine of the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Solid Waste Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment gave speeches respectively.

Relevant experts from China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, China Food Information Center, National Key Laboratory of Food Contact Material Testing, and China National Resources Recycling Association shared the latest progress in rPET technology and standards.

Representatives from rPET production companies such as Guangxi Guolong, China Resources Chemical, Hainan Yisheng, and Tianjin Yingchuang, as well as PepsiCo Inc, Coca-Cola, Nestle and other companies shared the latest practices.

The seminar generated thorough and in-depth exchange of views on the importance and necessity of primary recycling of food-grade rPET, as well as how to promote and regulate it.