Legislation to create ‘difficulties’ for pest control
That’s the view shared by head of the Technical Training Academy at Rentokil UK Pest Control David Cross in this exclusive video for FoodManufacture.co.uk.
Watch this video to find out what exactly the changes to the directive are and how they have meant the industry has “lost the use” of certain contact poisons.
Work closer together
Cross also said that pest controllers and food manufacturers needed to work closer together to force rodents to forage and consume bait that they are not used to eating or to entice them into traps.
He also said that traps – instead of pesticides – were a “very effective” way of dealing with pests. That was because they limited the need to deal with locating fatally poisoned rodents and reduced the risk of secondary infestations caused by blowflies, he said.
To find out how retailers’ demands are forcing food manufacturers to operate to multiple standards and – despite Cross predicting difficulties – why “we shouldn’t be crying about it” watch this video.
- Food Manufacture is holding a food safety conference at the National Motorcycle Museum, close to Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, on October 17. Speakers include FSA director of operations Andrew Rhodes, David Brackston, technical director of the British Retail Consortium, and Sue Davies, chief policy advisor at consumer group Which? for more information, click here.
