Feb 17, 2021 | Audit, Flying Pests, Food Processing and Safety, Integrated Pest Management, Rodent Control
When a visitor arrives at your food processing facility, they probably have to check in, and maybe even get a name tag. Unfortunately, pests don’t do the same. That’s why food processing professionals have to be incredibly vigilant—because without notice or warning,...
Feb 17, 2021 | Food Processing and Safety, Integrated Pest Management, Organic
Demand for foods that consumers perceive to be healthier continues to grow. Many food companies have found opportunities to develop or promote products they can market as “organic.” Organic product processing has some implications for pest management, although more...
Feb 17, 2021 | Flying Insects Resources, Flying Pests, Food Processing and Safety, Integrated Pest Management
Flies are an obvious potential detriment in the food manufacturing and processing world. Not only are they annoying—they’re also plain disgusting. With six legs and only two wings, flies land often to take rest breaks, and they can leave behind a great deal of...
Feb 17, 2021 | Integrated Pest Management
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” goes some sage advice from Benjamin Franklin. This is just as relevant to pest management as to other aspects of life. Whether you call them preventative or pro-active, tactics to make the food plant environment...
Feb 16, 2021 | Audit, Food Processing and Safety, Integrated Pest Management
Considerable pest management implications are imbedded in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) although they may not be immediately apparent on the surface. It is helpful to remember that laws speak in generalities, and the subsequent rules and...
