Evaluation of a multi-step catalytic co-processing hydrotreatment for the production of renewable fuels using Category 3 animal fat and used cooking oils
Author
EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ)
Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos
Allende, Ana
Bolton, Declan
Chemaly, Marianne
Davies, Robert
De Cesare, Alessandra
Herman, Lieve
Hilbert, Friederike
Lindqvist, Roland
Nauta, Maarten
Peixe, Luisa
Ru, Giuseppe
Simmons, Marion
Skandamis, Panagiotis
Suffredini, Elisabetta
Fernández Escámez, Pablo
Griffin, John
Ortiz-Pelaez, Angel
Alvarez-Ordoñez, Avelino
Publication date
2022-11-09ISSN
1831-4732
Abstract
An alternative method for the production of renewable fuels from rendered animal fats (pretreated using methods 1–5 or method 7 as described in Annex IV of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2011/142) and used cooking oils, derived from Category 3 animal by-products, was assessed. The method is based on a catalytic co-processing hydrotreatment using a middle distillate followed by a stripping step. The materials must be submitted to a pressure of at least 60 bars and a temperature of at least 270°C for at least 4.7 min. The application focuses on the demonstration of the level of reduction of spores from non-pathogenic spore-forming indicator bacterial species (Bacillus subtilis and Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii), based on a non-systematic review of published data and additional extrapolation analyses. The EFSA BIOHAZ Panel considers that the application and supporting literature contain sufficient evidence that the proposed alternative method can achieve a reduction of at least 5 log10 in the spores of B. subtilis and a 12 log10 reduction in the spores of C. botulinum. The alternative method under evaluation is considered at least equivalent to the processing methods currently approved in the Commission Regulation (EU) No 2011/142.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
663/664 - Food and nutrition. Enology. Oils. Fat
Pages
42
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Is part of
EFSA Journal
Citation
Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos, Ana Allende, Declan Bolton, Sara Bover‐Cid, Marianne Chemaly, Robert Davies and Alessandra De Cesare et al. 2022. "Evaluation of a multi-step catalytic co-processing hydrotreatment for the production of renewable fuels using Category 3 animal fat and used cooking oils". EFSA Journal 20 (11). doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7591.
Program
Funcionalitat i Seguretat Alimentària
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