As bakery industry is moving towards food safety standards and regulations with tools like HACCP ,GMP , ISO22000,BRC,SQF etc ,pest control becomes important in the view of sanitation and hygiene.
Food items at place of storage , process and dispatch attracts pest which are nuisance as well problem towards hygienic conditions in a bakery . Various types of pest could be seen in a bakery where no pest management is in place eg insects , beevels , rodents , flies , birds , microbes etc .Pest control itself is a specialized field where one has to contact professional pest control contractors or else ask some consultant to do a Pest audits in the plant and to do follow up action on his recommendation .
Workers & Factory Personnel's have to be trained in hygiene and pest control tools and methods .
Pest control management includes following
- Waste management in place and working .Ensure that wastes , spillages ,floor sweepings are lifted in regular intervals through out the day .
- Building repair and maintenance are done regularly where building cracks and grooves are filled in and repaired so that insects or rodent do not grow in these cracks .
- Insecticutors are in place and source of flies are identified and corrective action taken .
- Drainage system is designed properly and is working .
- To remove moisture and humidity from production areas .
- Storage areas to be provided with at least 20-20" space or gap all around so as to allow personnel to clean the storage area.
- Tanks and silos to be cleaned regularly after fumigation on regular intervals.
- Install CIP where ever possible inside production area
- Dry sludge for ETPs to be lifted regularly .
- Protective clothing to be provided to visitors .
- Air conditioning and refrigeration units to checked for condensation and leaky pipelines can be source of pests.
- Floors are washed and cleaned in regular intervals with floor washers
- Frequency to be increased during monsoon season.
- Implement good management system like HACCP , FSMS 22000 , ISO-22000,BRC,HALAL, GMP,GHP,SQF etc.
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