Fly Control
Fly Control for Your Business
Fly control is an important part of pest control for all businesses. Problems with flies or a fly infestation can lead to an unhygienic and unhealthy environment for customers and employees. For food manufacturing businesses, fly control is a critical element of HACCP compliance.
Rentokil South Africa offers fly control treatments, electric fly control units and expert advice tailored to your specific requirements to effectively control fly infestations. Rentokil’s fly control programme covers:
- Accurate identification of flies by our experienced Technicians. Identification is a crucial step in designing a fly program for your business.
- Identification of fly breeding sites and entry points, ensuring that our technicians to offer appropriate housekeeping and Insect proofing advice to prevent flies from gaining access to your premises, and to break the breeding cycle.
- Treatments such as spraying, fly bait stations, ultra-low volume fogging and fly control units specifically designed to meet your business’s requirements.
- Call us now on 0800 117 851 to arrange a free site survey, and ensure that you don’t get caught by the flying squad this summer.
Flies are potential carriers of a wide range of diseases such as dysentery, gastroenteritis and E.Coli as they move from decaying matter to food and other surfaces.
Danger Signs
- Clusters of flies, either alive or dead.
- Fly spots or droppings, produced when flies feed and defecate. These are often found in the upper reaches of a room, such as on light fittings and picture rails, as this is where flies settle at night.
- Maggots, which are flies in their larval stage, and are commonly found in unwashed rubbish bins and refuse areas.
Potential Harm
Fly infestations on the premises can cause harm:
- Flies spread a variety of diseases and can transmit intestinal worms.
- Flies contaminate foodstuffs, food preparation surfaces, utensils and packaging.
- Horse flies, Autumn flies and Sand flies bite people and animals.
Business Consequences
- Damage: to food products as well as to your health and hygiene reputation. Fly control issues can seriously affect a business’s reputation, but also their audit performance.
- Poor impression: customers and employees will gain an impression of dirt and neglect.
- Cost: non-compliance with legislation can lead to fines and reduced income from fewer customers. For HACCP compliant businesses the cost of failing an audit can be substantial.
Steps to Take
- Call us now on 0800 117 851 to arrange a free fly control inspection. Our trained consultants will discuss the best methods of fly control for your business to not only eliminate your current infestation, but also prevent the problem from re-occurring.
- Removing the flies breeding environment and food source is essential for effective long term fly control. Rubbish areas should be regularly cleaned and bins fitted with tight-fitting lids.
- Correct species identification is key to achieving effective fly control, and requires professional expertise and knowledge. Call us now on 0800 117 851 to arrange a survey.
- Insect proofing your business. This means restricting flies access by installing fly screens and ensuring that windows and doors are shut whenever possible.
- Installation of Luminos Fly Control Units in strategic places, especially sensitive areas such as food preparation and dining areas, to ensure high levels of control. Our qualified technicians will advise you on the correct, most effective placement of your Luminos units.
- Regular inspections from qualified Technicians to prevent any recurrence of fly infestation.
More information on fly control solutions can be found in our Fly Management Brochure PDF