2007 Preventing and Eliminating Mold on Hardwood Pallets

The Center for Unit Load Design and the USDA Forest Service's Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) co-sponsored "Preventing and Eliminating Mold on Hardwood Pallets: A Manufacturer's Perspective," a one-day conference (repeated a second day), June 7 and 8 at WERC in Princeton, WV. This conference provided a consolidated and comprehensive educational curriculum designed to inform primarily eastern U.S. hardwood lumber and pallet manufacturers about mold related problems, the causes of mold growth on raw wood surfaces, and how to prevent and eliminate it.

The conference included topics such as the science of mold, how mold affects food processors, various chemical treatments for mold, and wood drying. Mark White moderated the conference that included exhibitors from around the region and featured Brian Bond and Peter Hamner as two of the speakers.

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