Detectamet offers a safer pallet wrap

Pallet wraps, which protect food products from insect attack or damage by water, and at the same time, keep the pallet stable, may also get into food by accident. Detectable plastic may reduce this risk.

The company’s managing director Angela Musson said “Even with all these benefits the food industry has become aware of the risk of discarded wrap accidentally getting into the food processing chain undetected” Angela went on to explain “We were asked by a number of food processors and ingredient suppliers to look at ways in which we could introduce detectability to the film.”

The new detectable pallet wrap has been tested and found to offer good levels of detectability in metal detectors. In trials by experienced wrap users the film was described as offering a more resilient strength that was less likely to tear.

“Following discussions with the food industry a distinctive blue colouring has added a visual identification of contamination to the metal detectability and the greater film thickness reduces tears in mid wrap for greater efficiency in despatch” Ms Musson said.