Today, pest control in food plants is preventive contamination risk management and not just pest killing. Pest traps may capture/control individual pests, but in and of themselves, they do not manage or prevent pest infestations in food processing plants and warehouses. In this session, Mike Holcomb, consulting entomologist, Technical Directors, discusses employing pest traps (insect light traps, pheromones, mechanical rodent traps, etc.) as pest monitoring tools and the use of trap catch data in pest trending analysis.
Latest from Quality Assurance & Food Safety
- Will Bird Flu Be the End of Holiday Traditions Like Eggnog?
- FDA Cuts AFDO SAFHER Funding
- FSQAs Share Their Best Food Safety Tips for Santa
- 12 TAG Food Safety Consultants Named FSPCA PCHF Version 2 Lead Instructors
- FSIS Announces Stronger Measures to Protect Public from Listeria
- Eagle Product Inspection to Showcase X-ray Technology at IPPE 2025 Trade Show
- Dr. Al Baroudi: 'Food Safety Is Not Negotiable'
- USDA Announces Interest in Salmonella Vaccines for Poultry
