Sanitation, insect control

Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Standard Reference TestingMaterials for insecticides (see Insect control technology), cleaning products, sanitizers, brake fluids, corrosion inhibitors (see Corrosion and corrosion control), antifreezes, poHshes, and floor waxes. 

It is also a guideline to ensure product quahty through the suitabihty of the manufacturing equipment, air and water quahty, sanitation, insect and rodent control, and housekeeping. The FDA periodically sends inspectors to audit chemical companies who manufacture bulk pharmaceutical chemicals or inactive ingredients called excipients to ensure conformance. Whereas GMP conformance ensures that the product meets pharmaceutical quahty standards, it does not ensure conformance to customer-service-related requirements. 

Control methods used for insects include host resistance biological control cultural control mechanical control sanitation chemical control. 

In its program of bakery sanitation, the institute feels that it is allowing for control of insect infestation to the extent of about 20% of its effort in the use of these sprays. They give a tool that protects from possibility of casual invasion. This feeling of security is checked upon constantly by reinspections and plants that have followed this procedure faithfully, combined with the good housekeeping required, have had no infestations. 

Heaps, J.W. 1988. Turn on the heat to control insects. Dairy Food Sanit. 8, 416-418. 

TABLE 12-4 Changes of Timber Volume and Percentage of Total Jeffrey Pines in Four Insect Risk Qasses at Two Control Plots Excluded from Sanitation Salvage Logging between 1952 and 1972 at Barton Flats, San Bernardino National Forest... 

Many disease and insect problems can be controlled or greatly reduced by simple sanitation. Clean up and dispose of branches after you prune, especially when removing diseased wood. Many insects pupate in the soil or in loose bark or dead plant debris. Fbr this reason, rake and remove fallen leaves in fall. Also remove dropped fruit during the season and dry, diseased fruit (known as mummies) clinging to the branches after harvest. Inspecting bark in the winter and removing and destroying egg masses is also effective. 

Choose healthy plants. Inspect new plants refore introducing them to your yard or garden. Look for signs of disease and insects, and reject any that look suspicious. If available, buy certified disease-free plants and seeds. Inquire about seed sterilization practices at your seed source. Buy from suppliers that use sanitation procedures and heat-sterilizing techniques instead of synthetic chemicals to control disease on nursery stock and seeds. 

Maintain your sanitation standards consistently throughout the growing season. Cultural controls are especially useful in midsummer when beneficial insects are active and garden crops are nearing maturity. Keep problems at bay by adding a few more sanitation techniques to your garden plan. 

Two-thirds of the economic losses caused hy insects are suffered by the cattle industry and over 84% of beef farmers and virtually all dairy Farmers use insecticides to control insect pests. Fly control methods in confinement beef rely heavily on sanitation and insecticide sprays. Because residual sprays are adversely affected by rain, high temperatures and ultraviolet light, area sprays of short residual, quick knockdown insecticides are used as low concentrate fine mists. 

Association of Official Analytical Chemists, International, Method 955.46) The insect photos, diagrams, and much of the descriptions were obtained from O.L. Kurtz and K.L. Harris, Micro-Analytical Entomology for Food Sanitation Control, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Washington, D.C., 1960. 

R.B. s past medical history was remarkable for hypertension, which was well-controlled with an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. He denied allergies to animals, insects, dust, food, and medications. The patient reported a 20 pack-year tobacco use, occasional consumption of alcohol, and denied use of illicit drugs. R.B. jogged 3 miles every morning, frequently played soccer, and worked for the sanitation department. His mother and two brothers had a history of asthma and his father had atopic dermatitis as a child. 

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