Miller Magazine Issue: 123 March 2020

77 ARTICLE MILLER / MARCH 2020 over and above the previous heavy steel buckets. These advantages make the plastic buckets more popular in agricultural sector. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved HDPE raw material for food application and globally the food manufacturers seek FDA approved spare parts for their production plants. In the world there is very big market for feed and flour where bucket elevators are mostly used. This important market needs a very big produc- tion capacity and within this capacity as all part are important as Buckets. The global bucket ma- nufacturers are taking very important role in this market to provide food safety spare parts which is not harmful for living being. There is a big chal- lenge here is that; in all countries there are local Bucket manufacturers who uses recycled plastic granules in their production without getting any certi- fication or approval from any national or international institutions and these buckets are being used in industry of food as flour, feed, pasta, salt etc. Globally this is a big risk for the health. Millers or users must ask certificati- on or laboratory test reports from the manufacturers in the point of judgement for choosing the right product. 14 th Fumigants & Pheromones Conference VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE MAY 12 – 14, 2020 REGISTER TODAY 1-317-896-9300 • InsectsLimited.com