Integrated Pest Management

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)

Prevention, communication, and actions are the key elements for success in the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy at IFC.

Following a thorough initial inspection, our highly trained and experienced staff will provide an Initial Facility IPM Assessment report. Consequently, this report will include detailed observations and recommendations for a progressive, customized pest management program for each facility.

The food industry faces many challenges due to pest risks and food safety concerns. Therefore, keeping your facility and products free of pests and contaminants is critical to the success of your organization. IFC is here to prevent these adversities from becoming costly problems and to meet requirements and audits.

Above all, it is extremely important that you develop a strong partnership with a pest management firm that understands your needs. IFC has extensive experience experience providing the food industry with pest management and sanitation solutions.

In addition to our Integrated Pest Management services, IFC now offers Exclusion Solutions to further prevent pest entry and protect your food safety program. Learn more about our Exclusion Solutions for your facility.

IFC BRINGS:

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EXPERTISE WITH THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Since 1937, IFC has provided comprehensive services and products exclusively to the food industry. This expertise gives us a distinct advantage and understanding of the requirements in every type of food handling environment. When you select IFC, you are choosing a pest management company truly experienced in food processing and distribution operations.

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RESPONSIVENESS

Our nationwide coverage allows IFC to be available anywhere when needed. IFC’s service specialists have the flexibility to spend as much time as needed on each visit to ensure your facility is in audit-ready condition. This makes us quick to respond to any unexpected situations that require our expert assistance.

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RELIABILITY

IFC has maintained an industry-wide reputation for providing consistent, reliable and customized services to our clients. We train our service specialists to make certain that all of our services fulfill safety and quality requirements. As a result, clients trust us to keep them in full compliance, which allows them to focus on other priorities while feeling confident that IFC is protecting their brand.

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INNOVATION

IFC Research and Development team includes entomologists and biosciences professionals. They are responsible for continuously evaluating new materials and methods to keep our service specialists equipped with state of the art IPM techniques and tools. This team helps develop industry-leading, proprietary formulations and products that directly benefit our clients’ operations.

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IFC TECHNICIAN TRAINING

The focus in all IFC’s training is protecting health/safety and reducing risk. The main components of IFC’s integrated pest management program include compliance with labels and labeling and implementing the safest and most effective methods. IFC designed our Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to supplement legal requirements. Similarly, these procedures add additional precautions, based on our many years of industry experience. Our employee training programs implements these procedures, furthermore IFC employees review them consistently during territory and regional safety meetings.

IFC conducts its own comprehensive in-house training on applicable Federal, State, local regulations concerning EPA, OSHA, DOT, FDA and USDA. Additionally, IFC personnel are required to attend state training programs.

IFC’s Integrated Pest Management Program Objectives

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Pest-Free Facility & Products

To ensure that your facility and products are pest free and exceed the requirements of internal and external pest management audits.

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Superior Food Safety Program

To establish a superior food safety program employing Integrated Pest Management for the prevention and control of pests in your facility. We do this with emphasis on cleaning, trapping, monitoring and harborage removal, thereby reducing the use of pesticides whenever practical.

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Guaranteed Results

To establish techniques, procedures and practices within the sanitation and quality control program that ensure the performance results specified by you and IFC.

IPM RESOURCES

Sanitation Innovation: The Benefits of Foaming Probiotic Cleaners

No matter what kind of food processing or manufacturing your company does, it’s likely that your facility produces fragrant waste. Most often these byproducts are stored in broad areas which, if left unchecked, can serve as heavy attractants to all kinds of pests...

Removing Rodents from the Recipe

Food processing pest control should always be approached first with recognition of key pests and consideration of aspects of their biology where management options can be brought to bear. Rodents are recognized as a key threat for every kind of facility. It is not...

Ready or Not, Here They Come: How to Identify and Prevent Stored Product Pests

Pests are good at hide-and-seek. And you may not know they are there until it’s too late. In the food processing and manufacturing industry, certain pests can compromise products without anyone realizing they’re there. High pest pressure abounds in these types of...