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Rodent Pest Blog
Rodents are a clear sign of unsanitary conditions to health inspectors. This can cause an immediate shutdown to business, during which time you will be losing valuable revenue.
Rodent in Restaurant
5 Steps to Rodent Control for Restaurants
National Environment Agency (NEA) conduct random checks on food industry to maintain high hygiene standards. Restaurant pays a high price for any pest infestation found and can lead to demerit points, fines or even suspension. Following the steps below can help you attain the hygiene standards and comply with the pertinent policies. Maintain and follow the regulations to be successful in the food service industry includes a regular pest control program.
An infestation in your restaurant is definitely one problem every owners want to avoid. Pest problems can create a negative impact towards the success of a restaurant, for both a short and long term basis. Certainly unpleasant to deal with pests running around in the kitchen. To prevent this from happening in f&b places, certain things need regular maintenance.
In the food and beverage industry, it is of great importance to rid of pests like rodents, rats and mice. It can either make or break your business and reputation. When customer find a rodent, regardless dead or alive, the impact can be disastrous for the restaurant. Enduring rats infestation can be a reflective of a restaurant poor hygiene practise neglecting food safety.
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
Dangerous Diseases Spread by Rodents
Rodents are destructive pests that can spread disease, contaminate food, and destroy businesses. Rats borne diseases can make people sick and even cause death. Transmission of diseases usually occurs by contacting with infected rodent waste like faeces, urine, dead rat and nesting material. Some diseases spread by insects that travel on these rodents are fleas, ticks or mites.
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is a rare viral disease that can seriously damage your heart, lungs and other organs. 40% of all cases are fatal as the virus damages your heart muscle and tissue. It causes your blood vessels to become weak, blood clotting and internal bleeding may happen.
Rat bite fever symptoms includes fever, skin rash, headaches, vomiting, rash and muscle pain. A bite from an infected rodent usually spreads it to a person. A person who handles an infect rodent can get it, even if no bite or scratch occurs.
Plague is also a serious disease that is cause by the bacterium, Yersinia Pestis. A rodent with flea that carries the plague bacterium usually spreads the plague when it bites someone. A person who handles a rodent infected with plague can spread it.
Professional Pest Control Services
Guide to Rodent Control for Restaurants
Here are some important steps for rodent control for f&b industry outlets. Innovative Pest Management services is still the best choice to rid of rodent problems permanently.
Trying to control a rodent infestation on your own is a difficult task, especially to achieve a positive result. Our pest control company have specialist that are highly train in serving restaurants. We provide the best resources from advance technology to solve your rodent infestation problems.
Thoroughly Cleaning the Kitchen
Thorough cleaning does not mean to only sweep and mop regularly. This includes detail cleaning of grease from the kitchen stoves, scrubbing off the smallest crumbs and scrapings food. Cleaning floors and counters by mopping and wiping spills. These are potential food source that attract rodents and other unwanted pest.
If pests cannot find or have an easy access to store food source, then they will stay away from your restaurant. This is one of most important step to fend rodent, we first stop the access to food and water source.
Discard Trash and Garbage Properly
Research is showing that mice and rats are highly sensitive to smells, and it is important to properly seal your garbage. The leftovers food scraps that get discard are enticing to rodents and it is important to remove them quickly. This can be achieve by securing all trash containers and dumpster with covers to stop them from potential entry point. You should always avoid piling or overflowing garbage by ensuring that you empty the trash regularly.
You should position the outside trash and garbage containers away from premises entrances to avoid rodent entering your premises. During the Integrated Pest Management Program, we will emphasise this during the service.
Storage of Food Supplies
In a restaurant, it is impossible to completely remove the food and water that rodents need to survive on. You should keep the storage for your food supplies and other ingredients secure in air tight labeled containers. Keep the food storage cabinets shut to prevent rodents from entering. Pay extra attention to food spills that settle in crevices or along the baseboard.
Maintaining the dish washing sink area dry is advisable to avoid any unwanted pests. Wipe off any liquid spills immediately and make sure countertops and floors are dry at the end of each business day.
Declutter
Prevent clutter in electrical wires, clear out boxes, papers and unused items regularly. Rodents look for places to nest for shelter and need to be near food source and water to eventually breed. They multiply rather quickly and signs of rodents infestation will quickly show. Remove unnecessary items from your storage where clutter can gather to prevent overcrowding and maintain tidiness.
Clutter like empty boxes and warm shelter will be inviting for them to start the breeding process. Additionally if it is close to the kitchen, they will move into your premises for a long term and make it their own.
Maintain Repair and Improve
Rodents can enter into restaurant through tiny cracks and holes along door frames. These pest can fit into tiny holes that is as tiny as a 50 cent coin. For rat control, it is important to seal any gaps, crack in your wall and pipes surrounding for leaks. Immediately repaired to prevent rodents from entering your place.
They create burrows from holes in the walls and dirt soil to get deeper where they are hard to get from predators like snakes or cats. Chances of them multiply is higher when their shelter is more secure.
