FENC has been channeling over 30 years of experience in PET bottle recycling into technologies that transform post-consumer bottles into food packaging. The bottles go through FENC’s exclusive production process – sorting, washing, decontaminating and viscosity improvement to be transformed into rPET, the raw material for food and non-food applications, such as PET bottles as well as packaging for fresh, frozen and microwavable food.

The decontamination process is vital in terms of whether the rPET could be approved for food contact articles. FENC collaborates with the Plastics Industry Development Center on the assessment and verification of the decontamination process as well as the safety of the recycled plastic production system. The Company submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review. The rPET production process is designed based on the FDA requirements in terms of safety and feasibility. The Company provided product samples, production design and parameters as well as analytical data from all stages. The Plastics Industry Development Center provided assistance in data analysis and verification, as well as issuing the third-party assurance.

In July 2022, FENC received the final approval from FDA. The production process has been registered on the FDA website, further enhancing FENC’s green competitiveness through the proprietary rPET production technology with key data from the decontamination process.