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Produce and preserved food
Hygiene, fragile or wet packs, pest control and load stability need checking before dispatch.
Start with the questions below, then confirm the exact goods, handling and receiving-site specification. Follow the jurisdiction and scope stated in each answer.
Questions for this sector
- Does an organic food shipment need an organic pallet?
- How do I retain food traceability when building mixed pallets?
- Does a treated pallet cover plant-health paperwork for fruit, flowers or seed?
- Do pallets carrying empty food packaging need hygiene controls?
- What should a food factory do about loose nails or splinters on a pallet?
- Can I freeze a whole pallet of chilled food and sell it later?
- Do food businesses have to use plastic pallets?
- I need to ship food from Britain to Europe. What should I check?
- Does stretch wrapping make a pallet load safe on a lorry?
Find your activity
- Fruit packing houses
- Vegetable packing houses
- Frozen vegetable processors
- Canned food manufacturers
- Jam and preserve makers
- Sauce manufacturers
- Pickle producers
- Edible oil packers
- Dried fruit packers
- Snack food manufacturers
Fruit packing houses
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Vegetable packing houses
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Frozen vegetable processors
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Canned food manufacturers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Jam and preserve makers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Sauce manufacturers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Pickle producers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Edible oil packers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Dried fruit packers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Snack food manufacturers
Use these shared sector answers to frame your job. Confirm which controls apply to your particular goods and site.
Before ordering
Give your supplier the footprint, goods weight, load distribution, support and lifting method, environmental conditions and the receiver’s written requirements. Used wooden pallets can be considered where those requirements and the actual pallet condition allow.