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Fly and Rodent Control in Dairy Processing Plants

The Hége Co. and American Sanitation Institute, St. Louis, Missouri

ABSTRACT

The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requires not only that food products must be free of filth but also that the plant in which the food is processed, stored, or held must be clean. The courts have defined filth as objectionable material repugnant to the general public. Manure fragments, finger nail polish, insect fragments, and rodent hairs, are examples of such filth.

Where the dairy plant, itself, or its products have been found to be in violation of this law, penalties in the form of seizures, fines, and injunctions have been meted out. The damaging effect of bad publicity resulting from such court actions is inevitable. As a result, the dairy industry has become acutely aware of the necessity for cleaner plants and for filth-free products, and this, in turn, has spearheaded a drive for better insect and rodent control.

During the last 5 years there have been major advancements in the methods and materials designed for combating flies, rats, and mice in dairy processing plants.