1.1 Eliminate harborage and attractant areas for pests.

• Method: Designated management and/or processing
personnel shall keep weeds cut, pick up litter on
facility grounds and keep area clean and free of
harborage areas for pests.

• Method: Designated management and/or processing
personnel shall conduct daily survey of facility and
dispose of any unused/discarded equipment and
materials that may become harborage areas for pests.

• Method: Designated management and/or processing
personnel shall eliminate standing pools of water on
facility grounds through drainage or manually on a
daily basis as allowed by weather.

• The above methods shall be listed on the Sanitation
Checklist and checked daily for satisfactory status
by the designated management and/or processing
personnel.

1.2 Extermination of Pests

• Method: An insect electrocution device shall be
installed at the entrance of the processing plant
within the first entry door and shall be properly
maintained.

• Method: Traps or poison bait shall be set out and
checked on a daily basis by designated management
and/or processing personnel or as needed and recom-
mended by a licensed pest control company to help
control rodents.

• Method: All non-product-contact areas and surfaces
shall be treated with a non-persistent insecticide
weekly to eliminate insect pests. All product-contact
equipment and surfaces shall be covered or isolated
during insecticide application. Alternatively, this
shall be contracted to a licensed pest control company.

• The above methods shall be listed on the Sanitation
Checklist and checked daily for satisfactory status by
designated management and/or processing personnel.