Summary: <a href="http://www.pestgeekpodcast.com/?attachment_id=6003" rel="attachment wp-att-6003"></a><br> German Roach Control Commercial Food Service Accounts<br> Controlling German roaches in food service in restaurants, food trucks, cafeterias, lunch rooms, gas stations can prove to be more challenging than it seems especially to a GHP Technician.<br> By Special Request From Brad Gamble<br> Inspection is the NUMBER #1 thing.<br> Sanitation is #2<br> Exclusion #3<br> Monitoring is #4<br> Without these 4, chemical as a control method is an illusion.<br> What am I inspecting for I already know what I’m looking for?<br> I’m inspecting for how they got in.<br> I have been in the food service business in one or another for several years as a manager, distributor, supplier I’ve seen more things in food service than I care to remember.<br> I’m looking at who are the suppliers and what chain of custody they have. I have restaurants say they have had milk cartons with roaches coming out of them when they picked it up at the suppliers.<br> I’m looking at what type of structure this is who are the other tenants in the building.<br> Is it in a strip mall or a standalone building?<br> How many feet from the dumpster is it more than 25 or 5?<br> Is it dry or is their standing water overnight.<br> I want to id every condition that is conducive to breeding roaches and have a discussion with the owner or manager and see what the attitude is are they willing to modify and work to fix it or are they expecting a chemical to solve the problem.<br> Is their clutter in every corner or is stuff a foot off the floor.<br> Label Requirements:<br> For food service areas Is must since most products have a label restriction of crack and crevice or spot in areas where food is stored, prepared, or served.<br> Monitor some hate them some love them.<br> Monitors are difficult sometimes to maintain in a busy wet environment.<br> You can’t develop a treatment and service protocol unless you have assessed the difficulty and dynamics of service.<br> Restaurant Pest Control Equipment<br> <br> * Vacuum<br> * Air Compressor<br> * Crack and Crevice Devices like an AccuSpray or Airofog<br> * Monitors<br> <br> Restaurant Pest Control Products<br> <br> * Roach Gel Baits<br> * Liquids<br> * IGRs<br> * Monitors<br> * Borates<br> <br>
