AIB International Staff Conference IPM (short version)

Deryck Tremble
Regional General Manager
EAME
NPMA Dubai 2012
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What You Need to Know
About Today’s Food
Safety Requirements
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Why IPM is so very
important

Food Safety Scares!

Common Issues found during
audits
♦ Bait Stations not always serviced
correctly or replaced
♦ Old bait stations not removed
♦ Not locked and secured in place
♦ Poor corrective action by the
customer
♦ Poor storage and cleaning practices

Common Issues found during
audits
♦ Issues with Online Pest Systems
♦ Insurance Documents out of date
♦ Training documents missing
♦ MSDS sheets missing
♦ Light pest activity seems to be
acceptable
♦ Not enough follow-up when pest
activity is noted
♦ No extra action/devices when pest
activity is noted

Light Rodent Presence

“Only two rats this year.”

IPM
Food Safety
Program
Exclusion
and
Accessibility
Storage
Practices
(PMP)
Pest
Management
Professional
Communication
Sanitation

Today’s Requirements
• High Standards
• High level of Customer Service
• GFSI Schemes
• Customer Specifications
• Organic Focus

What standards need to be
followed
• Local Standards
Requirements
• FDA, USDA, OSHA,
State and Local Health
Depts.
• EPA and State Agencies
• AIB Consolidated
Standards
• Consumer Expectation

Training
Materials

IPM – AIB Category
“A formalized preventive
pest control program shall
be maintained . . . . .”

“Wow these standards are
tough”

“I need more protection from
these new Standards!”

PMP QUALIFICATIONS
♦ On-the-job
professional
♦ Inspect and
Identify
♦ Recommend and
Solve
♦ Communicate
and Cooperate

It’s a judgment call!
• Bait stations shall be
installed every 15-30
metres.
• Internal traps
recommended at 6 to
10 metres. intervals
• At the side of each
door
• Is external trapping
required

Recommended Purchase
5/1/2012

What are the
conditions
Bakery

What are the
conditions
Bakery
♦ Bakery
Warehouse
Milk processing
Confectionery

Rodent Control
Issues

IMAGE IS
EVERYTHING
• Tamper
Resistant
• Properly
Maintained
(Clean – free of
leaves, moldy
baits, droppings,
etc. Service
Record (Punch
cards, bar
coding)

IMAGE IS EVERYTHING

PMP Inspections should
include

Be clear with your
recommendations.
Up off the
floor

‣ “Drop ceilings
and wall
panels
sometimes
create an
environment
for
infestation.”

A QUALITY
PROGRAM
• Properly
Maintained
(Clean – free of
webbing,
droppings, and
insects
• Service Record
(Punch card, bar
coding)
• Look for
conditions . . .

PHEROMONES &
STICKY TRAPS
Target Pest(s)
Areas of Concern
Action Threshold
Frequency of
Inspection
Trap Replacement

ISSUES TO
CONSIDER
Not located over food
preparation
Dead insects not to be
repelled on to food or
food surfaces

LIGHT
TRAPS
Location (wall or
hanging)
Glue Board or
Zapping
Collect and Identify

Inspect and Evaluate

“Too often pesticides are
used as a solution and not
as a supplement to
effective pest
management.”

IDENTIFY THE “HOT SPOTS”
September, 1996
150
100
75
50
40
30
20
10
5
Date: April 4, 2012
• Insects
• Rodents
• Birds

Fungus Promotes
Infestation

Permanent Correction

Good Lighting,
can issues can be
seen. Do you still
need a flashlight
or a torch

Mouse gnawing
Unlabeled
Cleaner Air freshener Insecticide
Proper storage

Trogoderma

Located above bait
station

Roof inspections are
important.
RAT
TAIL

Monitoring Warehouses
Industrial
Use
♦Warehous
e
♦Look for a
natural grid

Rodents
♦ Mice are on the move.
– Living further away from the walls
– You must think 3D
– Living longer in some environments
– Population dynamics are changing

Mouse droppings on
ledges.

What Am I Why

Hair
Al St. Cyr 2010

Seven Day Old
Mice

Rodents
♦ Roof Rats
– For Example
Natural disasters such as Katrina in the US
have changed the demographics for this
animal. They are showing up places farther
away from the coastal areas.
– Monitoring of a food plant roof needs to
become more commonplace.

Roof Rat : Rattus rattus
TAIL

Roof Rat on its way
up.
Note: This is a
window.

Lines
Shadows
RAT TAIL

Norway
Rat

Harborage
Attractant

Courtesy of Pete Markham

Who’s
lunch
tomorrow
I tried to
warn him!
Courtesy of Pete Markham

Electronic
Sound
Device

Courtesy of Pete Markham

Netting

Courtesy of Pete Markham

DOOR CONTROL

Conclusions
♦ High Standards requires the
cooperation of all personnel.
♦ Good Customer Service is Key
♦ Your Customers Pre-requisite programs
are essential.
♦ These programs need to be audited on
a regular basis
♦ Knowledge is the way to success

BE PREPARED AND
THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENTION