Quality Assurance Magazine, the trade publication dedicated to quality assurance and food safety, in its annual State of the Rodent Control Market found that 67 percent of QA professionals saw rodents in their facilities over the last year.
The issue of rodents is difficult enough for homeowners but for food-related facilities, rodents can lead to dirt and disease being spread internally throughout a production plant – and eventually perhaps even cause audits to fail when reviewed by state and local administrators.
Three specific reasons were cited for the continued rise in rodents … food, safe indoor spaces, and moisture, according to the magazine’s annual report.
Without proper prevention protocols in place, food facilities can also have machinery affected by rodents. House mice and Norway rats are known to chew on wiring, typically behind walls undetected until the damage is done.
The rodents can chew through almost anything – including plastic and lead pipes – to get to a water source.
Prevention is the top way to protect against rodents and their damage. Burrtec manufactures door sweeps that can prevent mice and rats from entering a home, office, or warehouse facility.
Burrtec USA is a leading manufacturer of door sweep solutions, providing quality exclusion products to PMPs and building material suppliers. It is the North American division of Burrtec Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest pest control producers. To learn more about Burrtec, visit our U.S. website.