Warehouse Prerequisite Program-Pest control program
Pest control is very vital in warehouses that handle food products and related products as any form of infestation not only jeopardizes food safety but also portrays a bad image to the clients and turns away potential ones. As a result of these negative effects of pest infestation, it's, therefore, the responsibility of the warehouse management to put in place pest control measures. Before diving into the dos and don’ts of the pest control program, let us get to know a bit about the common warehouse pests. By definition, a Pest is any animal or plant harmful to humans and interferes with their activities and desires. In the context of warehouses, pests are animals, not plants, and the human desire is a safe food or food-related product that is not contaminated by any means and cannot lead to adverse health complications such as illness. Warehouse pests are broadly categorized into the following; Insects Rodents Birds To control pests, one should know something a...