Good housekeeping, sanitation, and proper disposal processes help reduce pest infestation in your premises.

1. Sanitation Practices to Minimise
the Risk of Food Contamination
Good housekeeping, sanitation, and proper disposal processes
help reduce pest infestation in your premises.
TOP PATHOGENS THAT CAUSE FOODBORNE ILLNESSES WORLDWIDE
76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalisation cases and 5,000 deaths related to food
contamination have been reported worldwide from 1999 to 2010 (1)
US$ 3.6 billion =
RM 12.2 billion
Salmonella
US$ 2.8 billion =
RM 9.4 billion
Listeria
US$ 2.5 billion =
RM 8.5 billion
Economic Cost Annually (1)
Common cause of hospitalisation and even death
Health symptoms: diarrhoea, vomiting and fever
Incubation period: 1 to 3 days (2)
Primary cause of miscarriage and meningitis
Health symptoms: fever, headache, diarrhoea
and vomiting
Incubation period: 2 to 60 days (3)
Norovirus
FOOD POISONING CASES IN MALAYSIA
Incidence Rate (by 100,000 population)
47.79
Increased by 6 %
44.93
2012 (5) 2013 (6)
Common cause of gastroenteritis
Health symptoms: vomiting, diarrhoea,
cramps and mild fever
Incubation period: 1 to 2 days (4)
12,122 food poisoning cases
were reported nationwide from
January to October 2014 (7)
March 2014 - Salmonella
bacteria took the life of a 5 year old
boy at Kuala Terengganu (8)
March 2014 - A RM51,781
ne was given to a restaurant for
serving contaminated food (9)
COMMON FACTORS LEADING TO FOOD CONTAMINATION
Lack of sanitation
These harmful pathogens
may get transmitted in
any part of the food
processing stages.
SANITATION PRACTICES AS PART OF RENTOKIL
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) (10)
Executing eective sanitation plan is an essential part of IPM to eliminate pest breeding and
harbourage areas both inside and outside of the premises.
Legends
Trapped food waste attract
cockroaches rats
Conduct routine maintenance
to remove food waste Stagnant water attracts pest
such as ants to enter the plant
Clean empty containers to
prevent catching water
Sources:
1) http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/10/foodborne-illnesses-cost-usa-
15-6-billion-annually/
2) http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Health/2014/08/24/Dont-poison-your-food/
3) http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/listeria/
4) http://www.press.com.my/?p=20087#sthash.OMTZyUmk.dpuf
5) http://www.moh.gov.my/images/gallery/publications/HEALTH%20
FACTS%202013.pdf
6) http://www.moh.gov.my/images/gallery/publications/HEALTH%20
FACTS%202014.pdf
7) http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/10/03/More-food-poisoning-in-
schools-Health-Minister-concerned-over-negative-eect-on-students/
8) http://www.rentokil.com.my/news/2014-news/news_713839.html
9) http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2014/03/01/Hotel-licensee
-ned-over-food-poisoning/
10) http://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/magazine-archive1/aprilmay-
2014/upgrade-sanitation-plan-to-work-out-the-bugs/
Drain Waste Area
Ideal breeding ground
for ies cockroaches
Scrub and clean regularly to
remove waste build-ups
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Plant Surroundings
Warehouse
Production Area
Ideal environment for
cockroaches to breed
Keep the area clean dry
Place curtain strips at all doorways
to deter bird ies
Common pest found
Sanitation practices
Harbourage area for rats, cockroaches ants
Empty trash containers frequently
Clean machineries and equipment
to eliminate accumulated food soils
Wastes that are not
diligently cleared will
attract pest.
Unhygienic condition allows
pest such as cockroaches,
ies and rats to feed and
breed in the facility.
Besides being a
nuisance, pests are
also carriers of harmful
germs and pathogens.
Pest infestations
Spread diseases
Cross contamination
food
poisoning