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    Pest control is an integral part a food facility's food safety initiatives. Our pest control content offers best practices and innovations in the form of articles, case studies, and more. 

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    Pest Control

    Managing Birds at Your Food Processing Facility

    Aug. 20, 2024
    Tackling birds requires an integrated approach, a solid plan, and the diligence to carry it through. From human health risks to building equipment damage, get all the bird information...
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    Kroger to Require Produce Suppliers to Protect Pollinators, Biodiversity

    Andy Hanacek
    Jan. 26, 2024
    New sustainability goal means produce suppliers must comply and use integrated pest management practices in the next four to six years.
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    Cleaning, Sanitation, Hygiene

    Choosing Cleaning Chemicals for Organic Plants

    Aug. 9, 2022
    When it comes to cleaning, sanitizing and pest control, chemical choices for organic plants are more constrained.
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    Industry Perspective

    Pest Prevention Strategies & The Future of Pest Management

    IFC
    June 10, 2022
    We talked with with experts at Industrial Fumigant Company about pest prevention strategies you can enact at your facility as well as what the future holds in pest management....
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    Pest Control

    Effective Strategies For Stopping Outside Pests from Breaking In

    IFC
    July 9, 2021
    We talked with Industrial Fumigant Company’s Jerry Heath and Sharon Dobesh about what food and beverage processors can do to help stop birds, rodents, and other pests from getting...
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    Podcasts

    How IFC is Helping Processors with Their Microbial Decontamination Needs

    Erin Hallstrom (Pod)
    June 18, 2021
    We’re talking all things safety and sanitation in this special bonus episode of the Food For Thought podcast.
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    Pest Control

    Debugging Transportation & Food Safety Issues with IFC

    Erin Hallstrom (Pod)
    May 7, 2021
    What are the three biggest pest management concerns food and beverage processors face during transportation? We cover that and more during this special bonus episode of the Food...
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    Pest Control

    Enlist Your Plant Floor Workers in the Fight Against Pests

    March 22, 2021
    A properly trained workforce can help make pest control programs as effective as possible.
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    Pest Control

    Occasional Food Plant Pests Bring Unpredictable Problems

    Aug. 31, 2020
    Certain species are ‘accidental invaders’ that, in a way, are harder to predict and more disruptive than the more common ones.

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    Pest Control

    Pest Management Firms Morphing Into One-Stop Bug Shops

    Kevin T. Higgins
    Sept. 11, 2013
    A warm place to rest and all the food and drink desired describes the appeal of all-inclusive resorts for people -- and food processing facilities for insects and other pests....
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    Seasonal Approaches To Pest Control Can Prevent A Cold-Weather Invasion

    David Phillips
    Sept. 11, 2012
    As summer ends and winter approaches, food plant managers need to change their focus and strategy if they want to keep insects and rodents out of their plants.
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    Pest Control - Inside, Outside and in the Cloud

    David Phillips
    Feb. 8, 2012
    New documentation requirements add to the argument for managed, integrated approach.
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    Plant Operations and Engineering

    Contract Pest Control Programs Keep the Bugs Away

    Sept. 3, 2008
    In addition to pest control, programs provide valuable third-party record-keeping.