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Pest Control Guidelines for Food Safety

This document provides guidance on effective pest control. It outlines key steps to check for signs of pests regularly, thoroughly check all deliveries, and keep external areas tidy. Common signs of different types of pests like rats, mice, flies and cockroaches are described. The document also provides guidance on what to do if an infestation is found, how to prevent future issues, and safely using pest control methods.

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Pest Control Guidelines for Food Safety

This document provides guidance on effective pest control. It outlines key steps to check for signs of pests regularly, thoroughly check all deliveries, and keep external areas tidy. Common signs of different types of pests like rats, mice, flies and cockroaches are described. The document also provides guidance on what to do if an infestation is found, how to prevent future issues, and safely using pest control methods.

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  • Safe Method: Pest Control: Explains the essential practices for effective pest control to keep premises free of harmful pests and bacteria.
  • Pest Identification and Management: Details how to identify different types of pests and the signs to look for to prevent infestations.

SAFE METHOD:

PEST CONTROL
Effective pest control is essential to keep pests out of your premises
and prevent them from spreading harmful bacteria.

SAFETY POINT WHY? HOW DO YOU DO THIS?


Check your premises Pests carry When do you check for pests?
regularly for signs of pests. harmful bacteria.

One option is to employ a pest control contractor. See the ‘Suppliers


and contractors’ safe method in the Management section.

Check deliveries thoroughly Pests could come How do you check deliveries?
for signs of pests. Do not into your premises
accept a delivery if it shows in a delivery.
signs of pests such as
gnawed packaging or
insects, e.g. beetles.

Keep external areas tidy and Weeds and rubbish How often do you check external areas?
free from weeds. Make sure can attract pests
bins have close-fitting lids and provide them
and are easy to clean and with food and
clean and disinfect regularly. shelter.

TYPE OF PEST SIGNS OF PEST


Rats and mice Small footprints in dust, droppings, holes
in walls and doors, nests, gnawed goods or
packaging, grease or smear marks, urine
stains on food packaging

Flies and flying insects Bodies of insects, live insects, webbing,


e.g. moths nests, droning or buzzing, maggots

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TYPE OF PEST SIGNS OF PESTS
Cockroaches Eggs and egg cases, moulted ‘skins’,
the insects themselves, droppings

Ants Small piles of sand or soil, the insects


themselves, flying ants on hot days

Birds Feathers, droppings, nests, noise, the birds


themselves

Beetles and weevils Moving insects, particularly in dry food,


small maggots

WHAT TO DO IF THINGS GO WRONG HOW TO STOP THIS HAPPENING AGAIN


• If you see signs of a pest infestation, call a pest contractor • Make your pest checks more frequent.
immediately. Write the contact details for your pest • Improve staff training on recognising signs of pests and
contractor on the Contacts list in the diary. encourage them to report problems immediately.
• If you think any equipment, surfaces or utensils have been • If you have persistent problems with pests, consider
touched by pests, they should be washed, disinfected and employing a pest contractor, if you do not have one already.
dried to stop harmful bacteria from spreading.
• If you think food has been touched by pests in any way,
throw it away.

Write down what went wrong and what you did about it in your diary.

THINK TWICE!
Never let pest control bait/chemicals, including sprays, come into contact with food, packaging, equipment or surfaces,
because they are likely to be poisonous to people.

MANAGE IT
• Make sure no food or dirty plates etc. are left out at night – these are a source of food for pests.
• Make sure that checks for pests are carried out regularly.
• Put reminders of when to check for pests in your diary.
• If you have a pest contractor, keep a record of their contact details and visits in your diary, as well as any feedback or action
points they recommend. Make a note of when you have carried these out.

Food Standards Agency l [Link]/sfbb

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