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Pest Control

Pest Control at food premises is important because many pests carry diseases and they can contaminated food with their waste products, hairs and bodies.

To avoid problems, design your premises to prevent entry to pests and make regular checks to ensure your premises stay 'pest free!'  If you discover you have a problem, take prompt action to deal with it.

The following will help control pests:

• Make sure all external doors are close fitting.
• Install fly screens over windows and doors, where necessary.
• Install an electrically operated fly killer, (site carefully to ensure effective operation and to not put food at risk).
• Keep refuse areas clean and tidy.  Provide properly fitted lids to bins and containers.
• Avoid spillages and clean up immediately.
• Store opened packages of dry goods in resealable containers.
• Investigate the cause of damage to packaging.
• Ensure good stock rotation.

The Directorate of Environment and Transport Public Protection Service operates a Pest Control Service, please call the City Helpdesk on 023 9283 4251 for further information or email: cityhelpdesk@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Other pest control companies can be found in Yellow Pages or in the local telephone directory.