Pests & Pest Control Management

The following insects and/or rodents can spread disease and damage food

• Cockroaches

• Cats

• Flies

• Rats/house mice

• Beetles

____, ____, and ____ are the types of flies most commonly found in food establishments

• Blowflies

• Fruit Flies

• Horse Flies

• Deer Flies

• Houseflies

____ cannot chew solid food and in fact vomits on solid food before they begin eating it

• Fruit Flies

• Deer Flies

• Houseflies

• Blowflies

• Horse Flies

____ are bigger than houseflies and are attracted to the odors food establishments and processing plants produce

• Horse Flies

• Deer Flies

• Blowflies

• Fruit Flies

____ are the smallest flies and are attracted to decaying fruit

• Blowflies

• Houseflies

• Horse Flies

• Fruit Flies

• Deer Flies

Some ways to control pests such as flies is to:

• Store garbage and other wastes in containers that are tight

• Maintain good sanitation methods

• Ensure all windows and doors have tight screens

• Keep the kitchen door open to the outside

True or False:

Insect electrocutor traps are allowed to be installed over food preparation areas

• True

• False

Cockroaches have been known to carry at least ____ kinds of bacteria

• 12

• 58

• 33

• 42

____ have been found to exacerbate both seasonal allergies and asthma in people of all ages

What are the 4 types of cockroaches that are the most common in the United States

• American, Oriental, German & Brown Banded

• Dubia, American, Oriental & German

• Dubia, Smokybrown, Brown Banded & German

• American, Speckled, Brown & Oriental