Restaurant Pests

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.

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com if you’re facing problems with rodents and insects and get the best remedies to combat pest menace.

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Pest Menace in the Navy

While there may be no bugs and rodents in the ocean, they do love a good vessel to live in. Pest infestation in crucial sectors like the defence has proven to be extremely dangerous. The Navy in all the countries has been battling this menace for a very long time. The absence of a foolproof method has led to this becoming a recurring problem. 

Many incidences of problems of bedbug and cockroach infestation in training stations, power outages in bases due to rodents, squirrels and other pests causing damage and maintenance nuisance have come to light. Apart from these, the plethora of diseases they carry by being vectors is truly horrifying.

Pests, anywhere, are extremely tiresome to deal with. However, pests in enclosed spaces like ships and submarines, especially have a record of being absolutely unmanageable. The fact that such vehicles are cut off from land for many months at a time makes it difficult to get the pests off-board.

Reports of rats and insects on ships and submarines come to light many a time over the years. Storage areas, kitchens, sleeping areas, etc. become the hot spots for such infestations. The ropes that secure these vessels to the pier, access ramps that are placed, faulty pipes and vents, rope hulls are some of the common entry points for these pests into ships and submarines. They can also be brought accidentally along with passenger/sailor luggage.

A lot of these pests can be found near the bedding racks and areas, kitchen and pantry and around waste and trash disposal. Bedbug and rodent infestations aboard ships have been reported globally and a lot of the common measures taken against the pests prove to be ineffective due to the recurring nature of the problem.

The sailors and on-board crew members experience extreme trauma because of the nature of the infestation. All the pests on-board are a constant hazard to everything else on the vessel.

“US Navy sailors have been battling a bed bug infestation aboard an attack submarine”

“Sailors aboard Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut, one of the US Navy’s most capable attack submarines, have been battling a bed bug infestation.

Naval Submarine Force Pacific said in a statement that the Navy launched efforts to find and eliminate the difficult-to-kill bed bugs after the problem was first reported last December, explaining that the “physical presence of bed bugs” was found in February.

Sailors told Navy Times, which first reported the infestation that the problem actually started last March while the submarine was participating in an Arctic training event. Family members of Connecticut sailors told the Kitsap Sun that the bed bug problem has been an issue for about a year.

The electric supply and therefore, everything connected to it including the communication base and the power supply, etc. in the navy is constantly at the threat of being damaged by the pests.”

“Squirrel leaves U.S. Navy base incommunicado”

“But here at home, one naval installation has discovered a new menace, capable of knocking out key communications in a matter of seconds.

Indeed, this latest threat can be found in most backyards, or any other wooded area. It typically weighs a pound—or less—and belongs to the Sciuridae family. We’re referring to the common tree squirrel, and last Saturday night, one of the furry rodents disrupted phone service at Virginia’s Yorktown Naval Weapons Station. Four days later, “land line” phones at the base still aren’t working, making communications difficult.

A senior official at the weapons station, who asked not to be identified, said the problem began when a squirrel came in contact with an electrical transformer. The rodent was electrocuted and the transformer exploded, knocking out power for a time, and seriously damaging a key component of the base phone system. Since then, callers to the installation have heard nothing but busy signals, and weapons station personnel have been unable to reach anyone, on or off the base.

Technicians were still working on the problem Wednesday morning, but there was no indication as to when phone service might be restored. Mark Piggott, a public affairs officer at the base, said software for the phone network had to be re-loaded manually, a process that could take three to six days. That means phone service might not be restored until the weekend.”

Pesticides that were commonly used to combat this menace have been deemed extremely harmful for the environment as well as the officers on board. Not only that, these pesticides do not offer a permanent solution and their application has to frequent for any results to be seen. This again raises the issue of cost-effectiveness and being a health hazard. At this point, it has become very urgent to find a solution that is long-lasting as well as safe for everyone.

We, at C Tech Corporation, have developed products that are effective, safe and budget-friendly in the long run. Our products, Rodrepel™ – the anti-rodent and anti-animal compound, Termirepel™, the anti-insect and anti-termite compound and Combirepel™, the anti-animal, anti-rodent, anti-insect and anti-bird compound, are engineered using a unique set of complex compounds. They work on the mechanism of repellence and combines the best of chemistry and green practices to give an environmentally safe product which keeps pest away effectively while at the same time guaranteeing safety to the environment. Our products repel the pest and do not kill them.

The masterbatch can be combined with any polymer during its manufacturing. These polymers can then be used to make cable sheathing for optical fibers or power cables, polymeric equipment including RADAR, communications systems, etc. It can also be used to make seat covers, utility pipes, trash cans, etc. which can be used at the base as well as aboard ships. Using these protected wires in the server and control rooms will help to make

Our liquid concentrate is compatible with all types of paints and solvents without altering the properties of paint. It can be mixed with paints in a predetermined ratio and can be applied on the interior and exterior of the vessel, on walls of the kitchen, equipment storage room, bedding area, etc.

Lacquer is a topical application that is compatible with most surfaces such as wood, ceramic, polymer, cement, etc. It gives a transparent finish to the applied product and does not wear off easily. Lacquer can be used for epoxy floorings inside the ships and in bases, already installed wires and cables, and also on the decks. Wood polish additive is specially designed to preserve wooden articles such as wooden pallets, racks, and storage boxes from all sorts of pest damage.

The bird repellent gel lacquer, when applied on window ledges, decks and other such places with the problem of bird menace, effectively keeps them away by employing the mechanism of tactile repellence.

The ready-to-use sprays can be sprayed on any type of surface and in the gaps between ceilings and headboards. The aerosol spray is also compatible with steel and metallic surfaces.

We comply with international standards of regulations. All our products are EU BPR, RoHS, RoHS2, RoHS3, NEA, APVMA and REACH compliant. We are also US FIFRA exempted.

Contact us at technical.marketing@ctechcorporation.com to keep the pests away.

Also, visit our websites:

1] http://www.ctechcorporation.com/

2] http://www.rodrepel.com/

3] http://www.termirepel.com/

4] http://www.combirepel.com/

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