The Pest Hazard Management System for the Food Industry

Despite considerable improvement in food hygiene legislation, there is still a need to reduce pest contamination in many food environments. International National Britannia do not just offer pest control - we provide prevention and prescriptive eradication.

PROfile Objectives:

• Better protect integrity of food products.
• Demonstrate full compliance with all appropriate legislation.
• Clearly identify priority action to minimise risk.
• Demonstrate action that can be better audited by interested parties.
• Reduce number and expense of consumer complaints.
• Provide more effective pest prevention without increasing costs.
• Reduce unnecessary use of pesticides.

PROfile includes:

• An initial risk assessment.
• Written procedures specific to site - to be followed in order to minimise risks to product integrity.
• Procedure checklists, with procedures shared between client and contractor.
• Site visits to carry out procedures.
• Defects reports, identifying non-conformities found during implementation of procedures.
• Audit of management system and refinement after 3 months.
• Annual management audit and report.
• PROfile manual pest prevention management system indicating code of good practice, industry-specific codes and guidelines, technical information and legislation.

PROfile is designed to provide:

• Pest Prevention in line with Food Industry's own practices.
• A system based on HACCP principles.
• An identification of site-specific risks, enabling resources to be targeted more effectively.
• A system that will play a significant part in future production of safe food.

Technical Specification

Terms of Reference

• Implementation and maintenance of PROfile system managed by our Technical Assessor.
• PROfile follows principles of HACCP system of risk assessment. If a HACCP or similar system already exists in premises PROfile will integrate with this.
• All Technical Assessors co-ordinating PROfile have completed a certificated HACCP course.
• All clients, as part of the PROfile system, receive a site-specific procedures and record manual and a National Britannia Code of Good Pest Prevention Practice.

First Year

• Initial risk assessment carried out by hazard analysis team consisting of a Technical Assessor and a Food Technologist.
• Technical Assessor will determine the range of pests likely to affect the premises. From this information, proposals will be made on the most effective pest prevention programme for the site.
• On completion, the Technical Assessor will submit a draft procedures and records manual. These documents will be submitted to the client for approval; once agreed this will form the basis of the prevention programme for the next 12 months.
• On the anniversary of the start of the pest prevention contract the Technical Assessor will reassess the risk assessments, work procedures and the Technician's pest prevention specification. If necessary, modifications will be made.
• Following the annual audit, the Technical Assessor will make modifications to the pest prevention programme. This may involve the addition or subtraction of CCPs and modifications to the work procedure programme.