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PEST CONTROL IN FOOD MANUFACTURING FACIITY
A case study of ABC Food Industries (Pvt) Ltd.
ABSTRACT Pest control in food manufacturing industry is critical legislative and food safety standard’s requirements. Most of the foods born illnesses are linked with pests because microbes for these diseases either have part of their life cycle on these pests or use the pests as career / vector. The pests also cause severs economic loss by contamination of food products and food materials by droppings, dead body parts or damage by eating. The ultimate impact of any incidence of pest contamination in food can result in serious prosecution and severely bad impact on brand image. Awareness of behaviors of pest, thorough inspection and designing consistent preventive and corrective measures with minimum impact on environment or personal safety can help to control pests on long term bases. The objective of this paper is to elaborate that how pest control involves strong scientific, technical and strategic basis to ensure thorough control that can guarantee safety against high risk. It also mentions that how right selection and location of corrective measures, chemicals and monitoring devices can decides the scope and spectrum of defense. Qualitative model of Systems Thinking explains this reality through causal loops diagrams showing positive and negative polarities. The dominance of the negative polarity is the long term and sustainable solution. Key Word: Pest Control, Safety Standards, Systems Thinking, Mitigation Plan
INTRODUCTION
In 2005, the global confectionery market was worth an estimated USD119.69bn, having risen by almost 19% in value terms compared with levels in 2001. During this time, the market increased by almost 13% in volume terms, reaching nearly 15.7 million tones (Anon, 2007). In 2003, Pakistan has 23 registered units of confectionary having capacity of 54300 M tones (Sabir, 2003). ABC foods (Pvt.) Ltd is leading
PEST CONTROL IN FOOD MANUFACTURING FACIITY
A case study of ABC Food Industries (Pvt) Ltd.
ABSTRACT Pest control in food manufacturing industry is critical legislative and food safety standard’s requirements. Most of the foods born illnesses are linked with pests because microbes for these diseases either have part of their life cycle on these pests or use the pests as career / vector. The pests also cause severs economic loss by contamination of food products and food materials by droppings, dead body parts or damage by eating. The ultimate impact of any incidence of pest contamination in food can result in serious prosecution and severely bad impact on brand image. Awareness of behaviors of pest, thorough inspection and designing consistent preventive and corrective measures with minimum impact on environment or personal safety can help to control pests on long term bases. The objective of this paper is to elaborate that how pest control involves strong scientific, technical and strategic basis to ensure thorough control that can guarantee safety against high risk. It also mentions that how right selection and location of corrective measures, chemicals and monitoring devices can decides the scope and spectrum of defense. Qualitative model of Systems Thinking explains this reality through causal loops diagrams showing positive and negative polarities. The dominance of the negative polarity is the long term and sustainable solution. Key Word: Pest Control, Safety Standards, Systems Thinking, Mitigation Plan
INTRODUCTION
In 2005, the global confectionery market was worth an estimated USD119.69bn, having risen by almost 19% in value terms compared with levels in 2001. During this time, the market increased by almost 13% in volume terms, reaching nearly 15.7 million tones (Anon, 2007). In 2003, Pakistan has 23 registered units of confectionary having capacity of 54300 M tones (Sabir, 2003). ABC foods (Pvt.) Ltd is leading