Pest Control in Food Business

Pests are never welcome in food related businesses or organisations as they can eat into your products, profits and the relationships that you've built up with customers.

The pieces of legislation that apply to food businesses are:

• Prevention of Damage by Pests Act
• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
• The Food Safety Act
• The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations
• The Local Authorities Act

View legislation summaries. Guardian Pest Solutions can help you comply with the law.

If your business manufactures, processes, stores, distributes, prepares, packages, or sells food, you are required to ensure that:

• Food rooms are free from infestation.
• Food rooms are kept clean and in good condition.
• Food does not become contaminated.
• Preventive measures are taken to ensure that food is not contaminated, including:
  - Shatterproof light tubes are used on electronic fly killers.
  - Fly screens secured to doors and windows.
  - Pest control measures are set in place if needed
  - Waste and rubbish is not allowed to build up and is regularly removed. 

GPS can help you by dealing with pests as they occur as well advising you on preventative measures to ensure that your business is not affected by infestations in the future.

Each of our contract customers has a pest prevention folder, which details the actions and advice given by our technicians after each visit. This written record will help demonstrate that you have taken committed action in dealing with and preventing pest infestation.

By setting up a contract for regular pest control visits by a qualified technician, you can have the peace of mind that your premises will be protected from any unwanted rodents or insects. 

Our contract customers can feel safe in the knowledge that a technician will arrive within 24 hours of a call-out and we are on hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to deal with any pest infestation emergencies.