using heat to sterilize the wooden crates and pallets at a heat that exceeds 56 degrees
Celsius.
Learn about wooden heat treatment for crates
It is extremely important to provide wood cases and pallets with heat treatment because
food and pharmaceutical industries have seen chemical traces which can be quite
harmful for the consumers. Using the heat treatment process is usually preferred ahead
of fumigation as it is the safest possible option.
Using ISPM-15 in the United States, Canada, and Europe
All types of wood packaging that includes shipping pallets and wooden crates are now
bound to go through ISPM-15 the International Phyto-Sanitary Standard for wood
packaging. The used across Europe and 14 other countries to ensure the crates are
treated in the correct manner.
The International standard process comprises of three basic following
steps:
Debarking of the wood
Heat treatment
Compliance Stamp Mark
As far as Canada and United States are concerned, in 2005, they decided to do wood
packaging of wooden crates and pallets by not adopting the standards of ISPM-15 while
shipping. However, this could up the risks related to pest infestation. So, they decide to
use a regular method for wood materials in packaging while using shipping wooden
pallets and crates.
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Wood pallets and its effect on environment:
Mostly, it is believed that wooden goods, especially wood pallets and crates are ready
from cutting fresh trees from the forest. But that is completely untrue; rather, they are
made of that wood which has been rejected and cannot be utilized for any other good,
except for being used as for fuel or in p aper industry. It has now been more than 50