Pest Control is important as pests can be both a nuisance and a danger to health. They can attack and contaminate food intended for humans, damage the structure of your premises (such as electric cables) and spread many forms of disease and harmful bacteria that can cause food poisoning.
However good the business sooner or later an insect or a rodent
will be a threat. The prevalence of pests near human and
animal wastes, human food and environment creates the possibility for them to act
as vectors of disease and enable crosscontamination. They can pick up and later
excrete or transfer pathogens including Salmonella, E. Coli, Campylobacter and
Listeria.
Food hygiene legislation states that businesses must ensure protection against pests and have adequate procedures in place to ensure pests are controlled.