Industry News Wooden Pallets Dangerous?
Wooden Pallets Dangerous?
According to Intelligent Global Pooling Systems, “a random sampling of wood pallets used to ship food in Portland, Maine, and Philadelphia, Pa., numerous pallets tested positive for Listeria and abnormally high counts of bacteria that could potentially create health hazards for consumers.
The new data bolster the findings of previous wood pallet testing conducted in the Washington-Baltimore area, further illustrating the unsanitary conditions and unacceptable risks to our nation’s food supply from wood pallets.”
The organization’s study is in response to a product recall of the pain reliever Tylenol arthritis pain caplets that were shipped on wooden pallets treated with a chemical known to cause potentially severe gastrointestinal symptoms. Now the organization says all the pallets are potentially dangerous and something needs to be done to solve the problem. IGPS has called on Congress and the FDA to take action.
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