Professional pest management in commercial facilities – especially those that process, store, distribute, sell, or serve food – plays a vital role in helping avert potential pest-based threats.

Rodents, especially rats, are a product of their environment and control measures including traps and baits are designed to act on the rodents, but If you don’t change the environment or conditions in a facility, they will always find a way to survive.

Defined as “the scientific evaluation of known or potential adverse health effects resulting from human exposure to foodborne hazards" a risk assessment is a task meant to evaluate and assess a facility’s IPM program.

Mike Andrew, manager, corporate agriculture quality assurance for Clark, says fall is the time make sure weeds and other vegetation is cleared through proper landscape management practices and the use of post-emergent herbicides.

Commercial clients need to understand they are up against a determined, resourceful opponent in rodents...