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23 November 2020

Your Quick Guide to the Most Expensive Pests in Food Processing

Written by Nathalie Leblond
Nathalie Leblond
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This is a quick guide to the most expensive pests in food processing, and what should you know about them. More information is available for download in our Pests in the Food Processing Industry eBook.

If you’re working in food processing today it’s likely that you’re already well aware of the challenges posed by pest infestations. Even the smallest pests can cause untold damage to reputations, audit scores and hard-earned customer relationships – all of which have negative financial implications – not to mention the cost of staff illness and machinery downtime.

This quick guide is based on the results from our Business Impact of Pests survey. More information on these pests, and what you can do about them, is available for our website.

We recommend that you adopt an integrated and consistent approach to all pest management to achieve the best possible protection.  We’ve developed our pest management knowledge and expertise over 90 years in over 60 countries worldwide, and offer effective solutions through a global team of over 12000 employees, including specialist technicians, field biologists and key account managers for food processing.

We also have an exceptional understanding of global food safety regulation and legislation requirements and combine it with in-depth local knowledge and easy online access to 24/7 reports for audit and compliance requirements through myRentokil.

Work with us to mitigate risk in your food processing environment, and download your copy of our Pests in the Food Processing Industry eBook today. We also offer a free pest risk survey where our service technicians will provide recommendations and tailor an integrated pest management solution based on your unique business requirements. Find out more about this service here.


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Nathalie Leblond
Nathalie Leblond

I joined Rentokil Initial South Africa in 2004 as the PA to the MD, and after 6 months maternity leave I re-joined the Company in 2009 as the Marketing Co-ordinator for Rentokil. I'm now the Marketing Communication Manager for Rentokil Initial. I'm still terrified of cockroaches (Americana's only!) but the rest of the creepy crawlies we deal with don't really bug me (see what I did there?), so I guess I'm in the right industry! I am passionate about what we do here at Rentokil Initial and also write for our Hygiene Blog, which can be found at www.initial.co.za. Life outside of Rentokil mostly revolves around my daughter, who has just turned nine and my husband (who’s a bit older). I love living in Cape Town and wouldn’t trade living here for anywhere else in the world.

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