Stored product pests are one of the most economically important pests for food processing facilities such as grain silos, bakeries, breweries and retail food stores that store or use large amounts of unprocessed and cereal based grain products.

The first deadline for compliance with Food Safety and Modernization Act mandates for Preventative Controls for Human and Animal Feed has passed and QA and facility managers are now dotting the “I’s” and crossing their “T’s” on their checklists and making sure their employee training programs are documented and verified.

To help keep pests in check this summer Clark Pest Control recommends plant managers take a walk on the exterior of their facility and check out their landscape – not just for the view but for signs of pest activity and conditions that would be conducive for pests to thrive.

The Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration rule is intended to help to prevent wide-scale public health harm by requiring food processing companies to take steps to prevent intentional adulteration of the food supply.