Wood Heat Treatment Certificate

Inclusion of this certification number ensures that the wood packaging material can be traced back to the treatment provider and or the manufacturer.

Wood heat treatment certificate.

This service is essential for lumber and wood packaging material wpm that is shipped to foreign destinations. The heat treatment ht and methyl bromide mb fumigation programs were developed in order for the american lumber standard committee alsc to implement a quality control program for the official labeling of heat treated or methyl bromide fumigated wood packaging material with the ispm 15 official mark to signify compliance with the ispm 15 standard. Has been heat treated to recognized standards. To apply the mark your facility i e.

Pallet manufacturer or recycler pest control cargo forwarding export brokerage must be certified by an inspection agency. The heat treatment certificates may only be issued to certify wood specifically destined to the european union. These are produced by deep processing procedures of synthesizing or heating and pressing wood packing materials such as plywood fiberboard and flake board excelsior sawdust wood shaving slender and curved pieces as well as less than 6mm pieces of wood. Represents the treatment applied to the wood packaging material.

Ht is the code for heat treatment to a minimum of 56 c 133 f for a minimum of 30 minutes. The treatment could be for each individual piece or the completed packaging and the method of treatment could be either via heat treatment ht or fumigation. Plib s ht program certifies mills wood packaging facilities and other operations with dry kilns or heating chambers to use ht stamps or issue ht certificates on wood that. Heat treated to achieve a minimum wood core temperature of 56 degrees celsius for a minimum of 30 minutes.

The canadian heat treated wood products certification program ht program is an official certification system for the export of wood products to countries requiring heat treatment prior to entry including member countries of the european union new zealand and the republic of korea. Why is ispm 15 required. For questions pertaining to treatment and marking of wpm under the heat treatment and. Heat treatment certificates for the european union eu countries.

Untreated lumber poses a risk of carrying harmful plant pests.