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Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations
This Act states that food must not be contaminated by any pest species and food premises should have suitable controls in place to do this. They should protect food against external sources of pests and must also avoid harbouring pests within their premises.
Refuse stores should be designed and constructed to prevent pests gaining access and windows in food preparation, processing or treatment rooms must, where necessary, be fitted with insect-proof screens.
Penalties include: - As described under the Food Safety Act above.
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (Including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations)
Employers must take the necessary measures to secure the health, safety and welfare of employees and other people, to avoid, for example, pathogenic diseases carried by pests, slippery conditions caused by bird droppings, bites from fleas and contamination of food by pests.
Penalties include:
· Improvement Notices.
· Prohibition Notices.
· Maximum Penalty two years imprisonment plus unlimited fines.
Other Acts include:
· The Local Authorities Act
· Protection Of Animals Act
C.O.S.H.H
( Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations)
These Regulations, made under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act are designed to protect people from harmful substances that they may encounter at work.
Each time our technicians visit your premises, they complete a Pest Prevention report which lists the substances which have been used, in order to minimise the risks that accompany the use of pesticides.
A Schedule of Pesticides is also present in the Pest Prevention Folders that we provide to our contract customers, which gives further details on these substances. Safety Data Sheets are also available on request.
Guardian technicians are trained and equipped to apply pesticides correctly and safely. All the pesticides that we use are approved by the Control of Pesticides Regulations and treatments are made in the appropriate places where they will be most effective.
