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Is food-contact packaging exempt?

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No, not in principle. The thresholds apply, with two safeguards: a health exception if recyclate threatens the packaged product's safety and possible derogations decided by the Commission following its assessment on 1 January 2028, solely for contact-sensitive packaging other than PET and other packaging. Food-contact PET, whose recycling processes have been authorised since 2022, will not qualify.

Read the source article: PPWR recycled content targets: plastic packaging rules