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The presence of pests usually is an indicator of the lack of hygiene in a place. This is especially true if one is talking about places like restaurants, diners, etc.

It is of utmost importance that restaurants, diners, and eateries maintain the mandated level of hygiene. Otherwise, pest infestations are bound to occur. Rats and cockroaches, along with flies, are the first pests to enter unhygienic places. Pantries and storage rooms in restaurants have a lot of food in reserve. The easy availability of food and water makes them very accustomed to the place. They start living and breeding there and before anyone even notices, there is a severe pest infestation in the place.

The presence of pests like rats and cockroaches could mean the definite end of restaurants and diners. Apart from the damage they cause to properties around them, the plethora of germs that they carry makes them extremely dangerous to have anywhere near food and edibles. Rodents are associated with a number of health risks; these diseases can be spread to humans directly or indirectly through contact with rodent faeces, urine, saliva, rodent bites or fleas. They are also a potential source of allergens. Their droppings and shed hair can cause people to sneeze and experience other allergic reactions.

Mice and rats chew on the insulation around wires and this causes fire hazards due to the open wires. Mice build their nests in large electrical appliances, again chewing on or through insulation and wiring, which can cause the appliance to short circuit, or lead to the risk of fire.

Southsea’s Istanbul Restaurant closed in ‘hygiene emergency’ order after inspectors find rat burrows, fish in a sink and ‘filthy’ conditions

TWO rat burrows were found at a restaurant now forced into an emergency closure over an ‘imminent risk’ to diners’ health.

Environmental health officers discovered eight raw fish were dumped on top of dirty meat skewers in an unclean equipment sink next to a kettle filled with ‘filthy water’.

They also found the burrows in the yard, and rodent droppings, along with dirt, grease and food debris piled up where food was being stored.

Restaurant owner in Wales continued to serve food despite cockroach infestation

It’s been 10 years since we were in Cardiff and my father’s home of Newport, Wales, and I felt strangely at home, but maybe it was the universal speak of food safety.

A cockroach infestation was discovered in the kitchen of a Cardiff takeaway by inspectors after the owner ignored a request to deep clean the restaurant.

Flame Grillhouse, in Clare Road, Riverside, was visited by food hygiene officers from Cardiff Council where they found dead and live cockroaches in the kitchen, preparation area and front service area.

Owner Mohammed Hussain was told by pest control contractors to close his business for the building to be deep cleaned but he failed to carry out the request and carried on trading.

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard customers could have been at risk of salmonella, E. coli, and typhoid fever as a result of the infestation.

Describing the incriminating inspection, the barrister said: “There was evidence of full life cycle cockroach infestation at the business. There were live and dead cockroaches found at various stages of maturity.”

He added that despite being told about the problem, Hussain failed to undertake cleaning of his business and continued to serve food in spite of the infestation.

After the discovery, the defendant agreed to voluntarily close the restaurant and on September 3, another inspection was carried which satisfied the officers the infestation had been eradicated.

Dead mouse on shelf and cockroach infestation, flies, and mouldy food at disgusting grocery store

A shop owner refused to comply with food hygiene regulations despite local authority officers finding a dead mouse and a cockroach infestation on the premises.

Mohammed Mohammed, 41, was jailed for showing a “flagrant disregard for the law” and his business Al Abd Ltd was fined £20,000 due to the disgusting condition of his shop Abo Alabed in Cardiff.

Despite numerous warnings by Cardiff council environmental health officers Mohammed continued to store raw meat and fish in unhygienic circumstances and failed to deal with pests after mice, cockroaches, and flies were found near food preparation areas.

He said: “[The officers] initially discovered a dead mouse between shelve units and display platforms upon which food was being kept.”

When the problem is this immense, a viable, long-lasting and effective solution is the necessity. Because of the toxic nature of a lot of rodenticides and pesticides, they cannot be used around foodstuff and food preparing areas. This makes it all the more difficult to contain the spread of an infestation.

To combat this nuisance, we, at C Tech Corporation are in a unique position to provide solutions.

We have developed products that are aversive to these rodents and pests. Combirepel™ is an extremely low-toxic, low-hazardous pest aversive and is a perfect blend of smart technology and green chemistry.

The product triggers a fear response in the pests attacking thus protecting the application. It causes severe temporary distress to the mucous membrane of the rodents due to which the pest stays away from the application and in the case of insects, it hampers their growth and reproduction cycle. After encountering such emotions, the animals instinctively perceive the product as something it should stay away from and stores this information for future reference. The unpleasant experience is imprinted within the animal’s memory and passed on to its progeny, thus creating a natural aversion to the product in the future as well.

The product is compliant with EU- BPR, RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, APVMA, NEA and REACH and is also FIFRA exempted. Our eco-friendly products do not kill the target species but only repel them.

The products are available in the form of a masterbatch which can be incorporated in pipes, films, cables, etc. while manufacturing. This would result in the final cable or wire being rodent repellent and would be an efficient way of deterring the rodents from chewing the cables and wires, thus saving it from the possibility of a short circuit.

Combirepel™ liquid concentrate, when mixed with paints or other organic solvents, can be used to paint the interior and exterior of the restaurants and canteen areas. It can be also applied in the kitchen and food storage areas in restaurants.

Combirepel™ lacquer can be coated topically over the applications which need protection. It can be applied to a variety of surfaces like wood, concrete, metal, polymer, ceramic, etc.

Our Combirepel™ pest repellent spray is an easy to use product. The spray can be sprayed on infested areas and equipment that need protection from rodents.

Our products provide a safe and environmentally friendly solution to avoid pest infestation and also assures an effective and long-lasting solution against the nuisance.

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It has been calculated that approximately one-third of all the grains produced globally is lost due to wastage every year. A major part of losses in agricultural production due to insects is the attack of insects on stored grains.

A huge variety of insects, rodents and roaches are known to infest such stored grains. They eat up grains, thereby reducing the quantity and more than that they selectively eat grain embryos rendering the grains infertile. Apart from eating, they also cause losses due to accumulations of their excretions, germs and parasites and also insect cadavers. The insect waste may also lead to the growth of different types of fungi and mould on the grains. All of these make the grains unfit for consumption.

These conditions are aggravated in regions with tropical climates as the moisture content of the grains in such regions are more, creating favourable conditions for insect populations to propagate and also for the moulds.

The feeding habits of storage insect pests are used to divide them into two classes: primary pests and secondary invaders. Primary pests are those that penetrate and infest intact grain kernels and have immature stages that can grow quickly within a grain kernel. Secondary invaders can’t get into sound grain, so they eat broken kernels, waste and grain that has been damaged by primary insect pests. The immature stages of these species are usually located outside of the grain. Both these pest types can cause significant damage and loss to the stored grains.

Some insights about the statistics of the scale of damage they cause is given below.

“62,000 tonnes of food grains damaged in FCI godowns in six years” – Development News

Around 62,000 tonnes of food grains, mainly rice and wheat, have been damaged in the last six years in the storage facilities of Food Corporation of India (FCI).

According to an RTI reply given by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, 61,824 tonnes of food grains were damaged between 2011-12 and 2016-17, with the maximum damage of 24,695 tonnes reported in 2013-14. The RTI petition was filed by social activist Ram Gupta.

In 2016-17 (up to 1 March), a damage of 8,679 tonnes of food grains was reported, with Maharashtra topping the list of states with 7,963 tonnes. The FCI godowns in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur did not report any damages. Himachal Pradesh has not reported any damages in the last six years

Sources said there are various reasons for the damage of food grains, including pest attacks, leakages in godowns, procurement of poor quality stocks, exposure to rains, floods and negligence on the part of the concerned persons in taking precautionary measures.

“Crops Lost to Rodent Infestation in India and Southeast Asia” – Victor V

The U.S. has a long way to go in erasing the problem, but crop losses due to rodent infestation are far worse on the other side of the world. Figures compiled by the Rice Knowledge Bank (RKB) show that in India, an estimated 25-30 percent of post-harvest grains are lost each year as a result of rodents. In terms of the nation’s stored food and seed grain market, the rodent issue has caused losses of more than $5 billion (in U.S. money). However, according to some analysts, these figures are conservative estimates that actually seem miniscule for a nation with 2.5 billion rats, each one of which could potentially cause $10-15 billion (U.S. dollars) in damages.

Those higher numbers are based on the daily food consumption of rodents. What do rodents eat? A lot. Rats, for instance, consume seven percent of their own body weight on a daily basis, while mice eat up to 20 percent.

“FCI godowns home to insects, say villagers” – The New Indian Express

The residents of villages in Sramasaktinagar and China Mushidiwada are having sleepless nights due to insects swarming the area at a 5 kms radius from the Food Corporation.

The insects coming from the godowns especially during evenings have become a nuisance to the villagers. The insects invade every part of the household  and food material resulting in people suffering from rashes. Also, students in the village are unable to pursue their studies after sunset.

When the rice stock is being unloaded from the railway wagons, all the insects are coming out from the godown and going into the villages, he lamented.

The common chemical pest control methods used like insecticides, rodenticides, fumigation, etc. are completely out of question to be used around food and foodgrains. Rat baits and glue boards also prove to be useless because that would still compromise the edibility of the food grains.

C Tech Corporation has developed the perfect solution to this problem. Our product, Combirepel™, is a non-toxic, non-hazardous animal, rodent, termite, insect, bird and animal repellent which has been designed for various polymeric applications as well as natural materials. It is a unique blend of green chemistry and smart technology which acts as an effective repellent and at the same time guarantees safety to the environment, plants, animals and fragile ecosystem. Our product works on the mechanism of repellence.

Our masterbatch is compatible with PVC, PE, LDPE, MDPE and HDPE base polymers. It can be incorporated while manufacturing all types of wraps and films, floating row covers, mulch films, grain bags, silage sheets and bags, etc. Incorporating the masterbatch into the base polymer during its extrusion process will make the final application pest resistant.

Because of our products being 100% natural and eco-friendly, they can be safely used around food and food products. They cause no harm to any organisms, us humans and the environment. The products also have a very high active life. They are thermally stable and do not degrade on exposure to heat and sunlight. It does not volatilize and does not degrade the soil. It is EU-BPR, RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, REACH, APVMA, NEA compliant and FIFRA exempted.