[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":146},["ShallowReactive",2],{"c:\u002Fguides\u002Fheat-treated-vs-methyl-bromide-pallets":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"audience":7,"body":8,"description":124,"extension":125,"lead":126,"meta":127,"navigation":128,"noindex":129,"path":130,"related":131,"reviewed":136,"seo":137,"sources":138,"stem":144,"__hash__":145},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fheat-treated-vs-methyl-bromide-pallets.md","Heat-treated vs methyl bromide pallets","HT pallets were heated to at least 56 °C through the wood for 30 minutes; MB pallets were fumigated with methyl bromide for at least 24 hours. Both are ISPM 15 treatments and both appear in US and Canadian rules, but ISPM 15 encourages alternatives to methyl bromide because it depletes the ozone layer, and EPAL prohibits it on EPAL pallets.","Exporters and importers",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":117},"minimark",[11,16,102,106,110,114],[12,13,15],"h2",{"id":14},"side-by-side","Side by side",[17,18,19,34],"table",{},[20,21,22],"thead",{},[23,24,25,28,31],"tr",{},[26,27],"th",{},[26,29,30],{},"HT",[26,32,33],{},"MB",[35,36,37,49,60,71,82,92],"tbody",{},[23,38,39,43,46],{},[40,41,42],"td",{},"Method",[40,44,45],{},"Heat in a steam or dry kiln chamber",[40,47,48],{},"Fumigation with methyl bromide",[23,50,51,54,57],{},[40,52,53],{},"Requirement",[40,55,56],{},"56 °C throughout the wood for 30 continuous minutes",[40,58,59],{},"Concentration-time product of 650 to 900 g·h\u002Fm³ over 24 h depending on temperature, wood at least 10 °C",[23,61,62,65,68],{},[40,63,64],{},"Size limit",[40,66,67],{},"None stated for chamber HT",[40,69,70],{},"Not for wood over 20 cm at its smallest cross-section",[23,72,73,76,79],{},[40,74,75],{},"EPAL pallets",[40,77,78],{},"Required for new EPAL pallets since 1 Jan 2010",[40,80,81],{},"Prohibited, including repaired pallets",[23,83,84,87,90],{},[40,85,86],{},"US rule",[40,88,89],{},"Named in 7 CFR 319.40-3",[40,91,89],{},[23,93,94,97,100],{},[40,95,96],{},"Canada D-98-08",[40,98,99],{},"Approved",[40,101,99],{},[12,103,105],{"id":104},"what-to-buy","What to buy",[107,108,109],"p",{},"For exports, buy HT. It is what EPAL requires and what European receivers expect on an EPAL pallet. ISPM 15 itself asks national authorities to promote alternatives to methyl bromide.",[12,111,113],{"id":112},"what-to-do-with-mb-pallets-you-receive","What to do with MB pallets you receive",[107,115,116],{},"They are not illegal to hold or to sell domestically. But an EPAL-branded pallet marked MB is not a normal EPAL pallet, so do not sell it as one.",{"title":118,"searchDepth":119,"depth":119,"links":120},"",2,[121,122,123],{"id":14,"depth":119,"text":15},{"id":104,"depth":119,"text":105},{"id":112,"depth":119,"text":113},"HT against MB on pallet stamps. What each treatment requires under ISPM 15, why EPAL bans methyl bromide on its pallets, and what US and Canadian rules accept.","md","buy",{},true,false,"\u002Fguides\u002Fheat-treated-vs-methyl-bromide-pallets",[132,133,134,135],"\u002Fmarkings\u002Ftreatment-code-ht","\u002Fmarkings\u002Ftreatment-code-mb","\u002Frules\u002Fispm-15","\u002Fsource","2026-10-27",{"title":5,"description":124},[139,140,141,142,143],"ispm15","epal-1","cfr-319-40-3","cfia-d-98-08","epal-ispm15","guides\u002Fheat-treated-vs-methyl-bromide-pallets","yu6am64jTSrkyR0INB1dd85umtrisKasbeRuFHh-GSc",1793132283522]