Food Safety Focus | Pest Control

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Hello All! 

I hope this message finds all of you and your families safe and well.

This food safety focus will focus on pest control.

The primary focus of any good pest control or prevention program is surprisingly simple – keep all pests and vermin out of the facility and away from all products at all times.  To achieve that goal, we rely on the services of certified pest control companies to help us; however, it takes the help of all team members to keep all pests and vermin out of the warehouse at all times.  

What is a pest?  I’m glad you asked but the answer can vary depending on where you are in time. Originally, it meant a plague, pestilence or an epidemic, however it has come to mean more of an annoying, harmful or destructive creature or person. 

Vermin is more like what we think of when we think of pest control as it includes small insects and any animal that causes harm like fleas, lice, mice, rats, raccoons and animals that prey on game like foxes or weasels.  It’s good to know what vermin you should look out for in your area.  

Always keep all exterior doors closed with no gaps larger than a ¼ inch.  That includes the dock doors, so they should be latched shut at all times.  If the dock door is rising on its own creating a gap at the bottom or an exterior man-door will not stay shut, inform maintenance immediately so the door can be adjusted.  Make sure all the seals around the dock plates look good and do not have gaps where vermin can get in.

All dumpster and compactor lids should be closed at all times.

There should be no food or sweetened drinks on the docks or in the storage areas to make sure we do not attract pests or vermin inside the facility.

Those tin cats or traps that are located inside the facility should have no bait inside them.  They are just traps, but they should be closed and marked properly and not beat up so they have trouble closing.  You don’t want something to get out of it once it gets in… Broken or bent traps should be replaced if needed and protected from forklift activity.

The outside bait stations have bait in them so do not touch them.  You may find one open and damaged from vermin activity.  If so, contact management immediately so they can contact the pest control company to repair and reset the bait station.  This bait should only be harmful to vermin but don’t take the chance by touching any open bait stations you find.

Thanks, for all that you do every Day!

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