Stored product pests are one of the most economically important pests for food processing facilities such as grain silos, bakeries, breweries and retail food stores that store or use large amounts of unprocessed and cereal based grain products.

The first deadline for compliance with Food Safety and Modernization Act mandates for Preventative Controls for Human and Animal Feed has passed and QA and facility managers are now dotting the “I’s” and crossing their “T’s” on their checklists and making sure their employee training programs are documented and verified.